The Service Tree lists all services in "branched" groups, starting with the very general and moving to the very specific. Click on the name of any group name to see the sub-groups available within it. Click on a service code to see its details and the providers who offer that service.
Housing Development
Community Housing Development Organizations
Private, nonprofit community-based organizations that are specifically organized to develop, own or sponsor affordable housing projects. In addition to being legally recognized as nonprofit corporations, CHDOs must have a board structure that reflects the community they intend to serve, have a stated commitment to development of affordable housing, be free of external controls from public or other nonprofit interests, have served the community in which they will undertake their housing development capacity for at least one year and have staff with demonstrated experience in the housing development area.
Housing development organizations that acquire and hold parcels of land, primarily for conveyance under long-term leases, but transfer ownership of structural improvements (residential and commercial buildings) on leased parcels as a way of creating and preserving affordable housing. The land leases are generally renewable and may be assignable to the heirs of the leaseholder, but have "limited equity" policies and formulas that restrict the resale price of the housing in order to maintain its long-term affordability. The trust may also retain a preemptive option to purchase improvements located on the land at a price determined by the formula. The objective of community land trusts is to provide homeownership opportunities for people who might otherwise be left out of the market and to preserve the long-term eligibility and accessibility of housing predominantly for very low income, low income and moderate income individuals and families.
Foreclosed Property Redevelopment Programs
Programs that purchase, rehabilitate and dispose of (by lease, resale or demolition) foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight in their neighborhoods. The objective of these programs is to put vacant, foreclosed properties back into productive use.
Programs that purchase or accept donations of deteriorating, lower value homes on scattered sites throughout a city in situations where rehabilitation is not feasible and replace them with housing that is safe and livable. Replacement is generally achieved through voluntary acquisition from a willing seller or donor (if the property is owned outright) or from a homeowner requesting demolition assistance in order to make his or her own housing replacement plans financially possible. The objective of housing replacement programs is to increase the availability of quality housing and eliminate the blighting influence of substandard housing.
Programs that facilitate the financing, refurbishment, construction and/or management of safe, decent and affordable housing in rural communities. Included may be generic and custom-build homes or other structures that are available to people who qualify on a rental, low cost purchase or mortgage free basis.