Publications & Research

We know that where we live affects our health. Life expectancies can differ by more than 20 years between neighborhoods. But how do you change that? In other words, how do residents, community-based organizations and cross-sector partners start to close the life expectancy gap between our healthiest neighborhoods and our least healthy neighborhoods?

In 2007, as the scale and urgency of the housing crisis became clear, Congress authorized an emergency program to help Americans in danger of losing their homes. Between 2008–18, the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) program helped homeowners in need by substantially boosting the nation’s capacity for foreclosure counseling.

We developed the NeighborWorks America Financial Capability for Renters Pilot to learn how best to effectively provide financial capability services to the renters living in affordable multifamily rental housing owned by NeighborWorks organizations. 

Our goal is to make every place a community of opportunity. Unfortunately, some areas are being left behind more than others as our global and national economies continue to shift. Rural communities are among them.