Key Lending Institutions

NHS works in partnership with local lending institutions in New Orleans to provide mortgages for our homeownership program. The lenders have developed programs that assist first-time homebuyers purchase homes in New Orleans.  Participating lenders provide first mortgage financing at market rate with reduced closing costs.

	AmSouth Bank
	Bank of New Orleans
	BankOne
	Dryades Savings Bank
	Fidelity Homestead
	Hibernia Homestead
	Hibernia National Bank
	Standard Mortgage
	Whitney National Bank
	Union Savings and Loan
	Fannie Mae Corporation
	City of New Orleans

Other Supporters

	NeighborWorks America
	Fannie Mae Foundation
	Entergy
	Foundation for the MidSouth
	Greater New Orleans Foundation
	New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative
	United Way of New Orleans
Brown Family Foundation	Helis Foundation
Jones Family Foundation	Reily Foundation

Other Important Partnerships & Collaborations

With Ownership Wealth (WOW) – Congressional Black Caucus Homeownership Initiative – NHS is one of two homeownership organizations supporting this effort. IDA Collaborative of Louisiana – in 2003 NHS had 96 families enrolled in the IDA program and 22 had purchased homes. New Orleans Thrift Consortium – eight savings and loan institutions have invested a minimum of $50,000 each into a loan pool to provide second mortgage loans. NOPD and NOFD homeownership initiative – NHS is one of two counseling agencies supporting this effort. Anti-Predatory Lending Campaign – NHS is working in partnership with the Fair Housing Center, Fannie Mae and Hibernia National Bank to raise public awareness and help families in predatory situations. WYLD Sunday Morning Journal – NHS has a monthly segment on housing issues. Weatherization Rehab Program (WRAP) – NHS was selected by the Ford Foundation to be one of 14 national sites to pilot a program to combine energy efficiency improvements with renovations for low and moderate income families.