1312, 2019
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City of San Bernardino Home Repair Program

By |December 13th, 2019|Categories: Blog|

Owner-Occupied Residential Rehabilitation Loan Program The City of San Bernardino Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program is a program designed to assist income-eligible San Bernardino homeowners improve the living conditions of their homes to meet the City’s health and safety code requirements and extend the lives of their homes. Only owner-occupied single-family detached dwellings, townhomes and condominiums located within San Bernardino city limits qualify for this program. Health and safety, building code violations, and accessibility, and some general property related repairs are eligible for reimbursement. Improvements may include, but

1312, 2019

NPHS Community Land Trust

By |December 13th, 2019|Categories: Blog, News|

Creating shared-equity strategies that build wealth and preserve affordability In the Inland Empire today, population growth and economic investment are driving up real estate prices so that fewer and fewer working people can afford to live in the communities where they work. Fewer still can afford to buy homes in those communities. Through the NPHS Community Land Trust (NPHS CLT), access to homeownership for people who are otherwise priced out of the housing market becomes a reality thanks to this shared-equity model. There is growing awareness of shared-equity

1312, 2019

NPHS Awarded $500,000 from U.S. Treasury to Scale Homeownership Opportunities

By |December 13th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Media Alert, News|

Funding will support NPHS down payment financing on community land trust homes For the second year in a row NPHS was awarded $500,000 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's CDFI Fund to scale homeownership opportunities for first-time homebuyers throughout the Inland Empire. The funding will support NPHS' Community Lending Fund which aggregates and deploys capital to support various secondary financing loan programs, especially for homeownership.As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), NPHS provides consumer lending products that are capitalized through its Community Lending Fund. Over the last 24

2910, 2019

A New Class of Home in San Bernardino

By |October 29th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Recent News|

In one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, California residents – particularly low- and middle-income families – are being boxed out of the housing market. Without access to affordable homeownership options, these individuals and families are less able to build wealth and increase their economic opportunity. Just 60 miles west of Los Angeles, Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. (NPHS) is partnering with the City of San Bernardino and Next Step Network to change that. NPHS has placed its first three ENERGY STAR®-rated

2808, 2019
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Creating Homeownership Opportunities

By |August 28th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Recent News|

Making homeownership affordable through factory-built housing In one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, California residents – particularly low- and middle-income families – are being boxed out of the housing market. Without access to affordable homeownership options, these individuals and families are less able to build wealth and increase their economic opportunity.   To address this issue, NPHS is partnering with the City of San Bernardino and Next Step Network to change that.   NPHS has placed its first three ENERGY STAR®-rated manufactured homes on the ground