NeighborWorks® - Newsroom - Feature Articles

This information about local NeighborWorks network organizations includes awards and grants received, new programs started, projects accomplished and recognition in the news media. Articles of general interest to those involved in community development work are also featured.

Date	Feature Article
June 30, 2008	NeighborWorks America Builds Capacity of Nonprofits in Gulf Coast With New Housing Resource Center, Chartering Event, Ongoing Training
June 12, 2008	NeighborWorks Vounteers! Thousands of People Pitch In for NeighborWorks Week
May 5, 2008	Thousands of Homeowners Receive Free Foreclosure Help Through NeighborWorks America and HOPE Now Alliance Outreach
April 05, 2008	NeighborWorks America Strengthens Communities Through Organization New Jersey Groups Demonstrate Anti-Foreclosure Strategy
March 24, 2008	HOPE NOW: National Homeownership Preservation Tour Off to Strong Start
March 11, 2008	Business and Individuals Provide Ingredients for “Stone Soup House” in Pueblo, Colorado
February 12, 2008	Neighborhood Housing Services in Racine, Wisconsin Revitalizes Local Communities with Support from The Allstate Foundation
January 7, 2008	Shared-Equity Homeownership: Has Its Time Come?
December 7, 2007	NeighborWorks Network Member Wins Award for Excellence in Sustainable, Affordable Home Construction
November 7, 2007	Jesse Jackson Visits NHS of Los Angeles to Promote Foreclosure Solutions
November 7, 2007	Wall Street Firm to Help Teachers Own Their Own Homes Through NHS of New Orleans Program
October 29, 2007	Community Ventures Corporation Receives $45 Million in New Markets Tax Credit for Statewide Distribution
October 2, 2007	NeighborWorks Partners in Northeast Region Recognized for Their Foreclosure Prevention Efforts
September 17, 2007	Connecticut Congressman Chris Murphy Announces Mortgage Help Resources
September 7, 2007	NeighborWorks America Mourns Loss of Visionary Board Member Edward Gramlich
August 29, 2007	Post-Katrina Homeowner Counseling in Mississippi Clears Obstacles
August 29, 2007	Two Years After the Storm, NHS of New Orleans is Back on Track
June 26, 2007	Centro Campesino Executive Director Honored By United Way of Miami-Dade, Florida
June 24, 2007	Nashville Mixed-Use Development Nears Completion of Phase One
June 15, 2007	Remembering Preston Martin
May 15, 2007	Senator Feingold Recognizes Wisconsin NeighborWorks Group for Work-Force Housing Efforts
May 2, 2007	Oregon's 'David's House' Will Serve Those With Traumatic Brain Injuries
February 28, 2007	Neighborhood Housing Services in Alaska Scores Big with Down-Payment Assistance Program
Februrary 16, 2007	North Gulfport is First with Affordable "Green" Modular Housing
January 9, 2007	New Cohousing Development “Encourages Connections Between People” in Corvallis, Oregon
January 4, 2007	NeighborWorks Hosts First National Community Development Conference in New Orleans Since 2005 Hurricanes
December 20, 2006	NeighborWorks Group Builds Homes in McComb, Mississippi, for Katrina's Displaced
December 14, 2006	NeighborWorks Organizations Giving Back During the Holiday Season
November 15, 2006	Congressman Westmoreland to Announce 'Home Possible' Military Home Buying Effort with Freddie Mac, NeighborWorks Columbus
November 9, 2006	HANDS, Inc. Announces Plans to Develop Art Spaces in the City of Orange, New Jersey
November 7, 2006	Fannie Mae Foundation Honors NeighborWorks Member for Developing Vacant Properties into Affordable Housing
October 3, 2006	Congress Passes Legislation to Raise the Community Development Investment Limit Proposed by the Comptroller of the Currency -- NeighborWorks America Applauds Action
September 26, 2006	Regional Affordable Housing Nonprofit Organizations Merge
July 25, 2006	Kansas City Organization Expands to Serve Growing Spanish-Speaking Population and Community Need for Homeownership Counseling and Education
July 10, 2006	Innovative Program Encourages Savings for Energy Efficiency Improvements and Home Maintenance
June 15, 2006	How Much is That House Worth? Ask Zillow.com
June 8, 2006	Self-Help Enterprises Expands Services in California’s Central Valley
June 7, 2006	Comptroller Dugan Urges Congress to Provide Increased Authority for Banks and Thrifts to Invest in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities
June 6, 2006	NeighborWorks Charters Wyoming Housing Network in Ceremony Attended by Senator Craig Thomas, Ken Wade and Other Officials
May 31, 2006	NeighborWorks America Selects New Orleans Community Development Executive for Its Hurricane Rebuilding Work in Louisiana
May 15, 2006	NeighborWorks Commends IRS Measures to Curb Abuse by Some Credit Counseling Groups
May 12, 2006	Fort Wayne, Indiana, Web Site Links Volunteers to Neighbors in Need
May 9, 2006	Community Housing Services Celebrates Ten Years: April 20th Event Features Congressman Todd Tiahrt
May 9, 2006	IRS Targets Down-Payment-Assistance Scams; Seller-Funded Programs Do Not Qualify As Tax Exempt
May 2, 2006	Nominations Sought for NeighborWorks Government Service Award
May 1, 2006	Massachusetts NeighborWorks Organization Announces Plans to Invest $9 Million in Main Street Mixed-Income Housing
May 1, 2006	Subprime Lending Spurs Syracuse Foreclosure-Prevention Program
March 15, 2006	Responding to 45,000 Calls a Week, Nashville NeighborWorks Organization on Front Lines of Assisting Katrina Evacuees
March 15, 2006	Montana Foreclosure Prevention Program Reaches Out to Help
March 13, 2006	Four NeighborWorks Organizations receive $200,000 each from Bank of America
March 6, 2006	Youth 'Represent' at NeighborWorks Youth Symposium
February 21, 2006	Novelist John Grisham and Partners Help to Rebuild Pass Christian, Mississippi, Through Home Again Program; NeighborWorks Participating in Second Pilot
February 14, 2006	Mississippi NeighborWorks Organization Seeks and Finds Long-Term Housing for Katrina Evacuees
January 20, 2006	Special Call for Volunteer Housing Counselors and Housing Experts from NeighborWorks Organizations
January 18, 2006	NeighborWorks and LaRaza Send AmeriCorps Volunteers to Gulf Coast
January 4, 2006	New Orleans Artists Find Creative Community in Houston
January 3, 2006	Child-Care Initiative Helps Revitalize Rhode Island Community
	More feature articles are available in the archive