The classroom at the Renaissance Community Loan Fund (RCLF) in Gulfport, Mississippi, is usually used for financial advising classes for families and individuals preparing to purchase a home. On Wednesday, it was also a place of celebration as NeighborWorks America welcomed RCLF as its newest affiliate. 

Network leaders representing 48 states and Puerto Rico gathered in Washington, D.C., last week for the annual NeighborWorks Executive Symposium (NES). The two-day event, Reshaping Tomorrow: Investing in People & Transforming Communities, was a time for candid conversations and peer learning as the leaders talked about the most important issues facing their community development nonprofits.

When Robert “Bobby” Calvillo, president and CEO of Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. (AHSTI), walks into work to share a middle-of-the-night brainstorm, his coworkers are ready to listen – and to follow-up. 

What should you do if you unearth several tons of broken milk bottles filled with toxic substances during a development project? Call Ann Houston. 

To meet the growing need for housing and services for lower-income seniors, NeighborWorks network organization Nevada HAND (Housing and Neighborhood Development) is developing its latest senior housing development, the Buffalo Cactus Senior Apartments, in Las Vegas. When it opens in mid-2025, this senior living community will provide 125 new affordable housing units for seniors with annual incomes between 30% and 60% of the area median income.

NeighborWorks America President & CEO Marietta Rodriguez joined the Women in Housing & Finance organization for a Public Policy Lunch this week, the first week of Women’s History Month. 

This week, NeighborWorks America welcomed more than 1,200 community development practitioners from across the country to the NeighborWorks Training Institute, the premier professional learning event for community development and affordable housing professionals in the country. The event was held in Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.