Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc.

Celebrating Over 30 Years of Creating Resilient Communities

30 Years of Service to the Community

NPHS is a nonprofit community development organization dedicated to building resilient communities in the Inland Empire since 1991. Over the span of 30 years, NPHS has grown from a small grassroots organization serving the City of Montclair into a multifaceted organization focused primarily on the Southern California region of Riverside, San Bernardino and Eastern Los Angeles Counties.

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Event Highlights

Building Resilient Communities

NPHS builds resilient communities through innovative housing and economic solutions that advance the well-being of people, vitality of neighborhoods, and create lasting housing stability.

Community Impact, Engineered.

NPHS applies a holistic approach to community and economic development leading to transformative change. We achieve this by methodically engineering innovative programs, products, services and social enterprises that are customer-centric and interconnected to successfully create meaningful impact.

A future where all families are financially prosperous and live in healthy, resilient, and economically vibrant communities.

NPHS’ core values define the boundaries within which we operate to pursue our vision.

  • Organizational Integrity: We are authentic and act with honesty and respect. We steward investments by our funders with transparency and accountability.
  • Empowerment: We empower our clients and employees to make wise consumer decisions through knowledge and access to resources. We are committed to developing the confidence of every employee’s talents and capabilities.
  • Compassion: We understand the needs of our communities have have empathy for our clients.
  • Leadership: We set a course and achieve clear goals, take a stand in the face of adversity, and inspire others to act boldly in the service of housing justice.
  • Entrepreneurialism: We take calculated risks to create social impact while diversifying revenue sources.
  • innovation: We implements new ideas, methods, and solutions to scale impact in our communities.

Affordable Housing

NPHS partners with local governments and financial institutions to help low and moderate income home buyers gain access to a wide array of newly renovated, affordable homes. Most of our homes are renovated to include energy-efficient features such as drought-tolerant landscaping, high-efficiency heating and cooling systems, solar panels and energy-efficient doors, windows and appliances. These features reduce the long-term energy costs and provide a more affordable, healthier, and comfortable home for your family.

Neighborhood Revitalization

Improving the housing quality throughout Inland Empire neighborhoods is an integral component of NPHS’ mission and wide array of services. With a rich history in neighborhood redevelopment, NPHS has completed many successful rehabilitation and new residential infill projects in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. NPHS provides comprehensive neighborhood redevelopment programs which include real estate services for the acquisition and sale of land and property, single family housing development, residential property rehabilitation and the administration of local home improvement loan and grant programs.

Community Wealth Building & Preservation

NPHS’ Economic Inclusion programs work together to assist underserved consumers to access, obtain and build assets that create pathways for achieving family self-sufficiency and economic mobility. As a Community Development Financial Institution, NPHS believes that economic inclusion – the opening of asset building opportunities for underserved social groups – is integral to the economic and housing development of our region. If underserved people are given a chance to access, obtain, and build concrete and tangible assets, such as savings or a home, they are more likely to participate in the workforce, pursue education or engage in other activities that help them achieve self-sufficiency and economic mobility. For these reasons, NPHs has developed the Economic Inclusion Program, an asset-based approach consisting of programs and services focused on the long-term economic development of individuals, families and communities.

Job Creation & Preservation

NPHS’ programs and services are strengthening our local and regional economies. In 2015, our programs and services generated over $54 Million in direct investments into our local economy while creating 152 jobs throughout the Inland Valley. As demand grows for our social enterprise programs, and more underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners utilize our economic development services, NPHS advances the economic resiliency of our communities by supporting the creation and preservation of jobs.

A Rich History In Community Development

1994 Neighborhood Partnership of Montclair expanded its services to include homebuyer education and financial assistance, as well as expanding its geographic service area to include the additional cities of Pomona, Ontario, Chino and Upland.

1999 Our organization opened the NPHS NeighborWorks® HomeOwnership Center, an objective one-stop shop with qualified and highly trained bilingual, bicultural staff to assist its customer base.

2004 NPHS became a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).

2011 NPHS joined the Fannie Mae Help Network, providing assistance to struggling homeowners with Fannie Mae-owned mortgages.

2015 NPHS recieved state funding for the first time through the California Organized Investment Network (COIN) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development's Community Housing Development Organization funds (CHDO funds).

2017 NPHS launches Sojourner Solar, a social enterprise aimed at connecting underserved communities of color with the benefits of solar technology.

2020 NPHS launches PIVOT, its first small business loan program to help small businesses.

1991 Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. received its tax exempt 501(c)(3) status in 1991 under its original name Neighborhood Partnership of Montclair, Inc. The organization’s original mission was to revitalize very low to moderate income neighborhoods in Montclair, primarily through home improvement lending, neighborhood projects and resident leadership.

1997 Neighborhood Partnership of Montclair began offering its Family Fund for HomeOwnership down payment assistance program for first time, very low to moderate income homebuyers.

2002 Neighborhood Partnership of Montclair changed its name to Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. (NPHS) to reflect its founding history in the NeighborWorks Network and to let the communities in San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Riverside Counties know that NPHS is here to help them as well.

2007 NPHS became a Freddie Mac Borrower Help Center, helping homeowners with Freddie Mac-owned mortgages keep their homes.

2012 This year marks an NPHS milestone. In 2012, NPHS achieved over $500 million in cumulative direct investments since its inception in 1991.

2016 NPHS begins utilizing factory built technology to develop quality single family homes faster and at lower costs.

2019 NPHS creates the region's first Community Land Trust, aimed at preserving housing affordability permanently.

2021 NPHS achieved a milestone of creating 10,000 homebuyers resulting in over 4.5 billion dollars in direct investments into our communities.