September 19, 2008
Contact:
Doug Robinson, 202-220-2360, drobinson@nw.org
NeighborWorks America Announces $45,000 in Hurricane Ike Relief Grants to Houston-area Organizations
Washington, D.C. –
NeighborWorks America is providing $45,000 in emergency relief grants to organizations in the Houston-metro area. The grants support NeighborWorks organizations helping residents who are having great difficulty getting to FEMA and Red Cross distribution centers. According to Ernesto De La Garza, a management consultant in the San Antonio office of NeighborWorks America, damage to infrastructure and roads continues to make it difficult for many affected residents to reach relief centers.
The groups receiving the grants are: Avenue Community Development Corporation, Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation, and the Tejano Center for Community Concerns.
NeighborWorks is one of the country’s largest housing and community development organizations and is actively engaged in Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts. NeighborWorks is supporting an array of rebuilding activities across the Gulf Coast to meet its rebuilding goals, including the development or rehabilitation of 10,000 affordable housing units.
NeighborWorks America CEO Ken Wade said, “The devastation wrought by Hurricane Ike is having far reaching effects on the Houston area. The emergency grants we’ve made available to NeighborWorks organizations in the region will provide help to families in need.”
About NeighborWorks America
NeighborWorks America creates opportunities for people to improve their lives and strengthen their communities by providing access to homeownership and to safe and affordable rental housing. Since 1991, we have assisted nearly 1.2 million low- to moderate-income families with their housing needs. Much of our success is achieved through our support of the NeighborWorks network ― more than 230 community development organizations working in more than 4,400 urban, suburban and rural communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In the last five years, NeighborWorks organizations have generated more than $15 billion in reinvestment in these communities. NeighborWorks America is the nation’s leading trainer of community development and affordable housing professionals. www.nw.org.
