Neighborhood Housing Services Of Greater Berks Inc

Home ownership center: the organization offers assistance through a variety of programs to clients who are preparing to become homeowners, and offers several types of loans to assist first-time homebuyers. The programs include lending for home purchase assistance and home repairs, homebuyer education, and budget and credit counseling.2024 program accomplishments: the home ownership center via nhs assisted 214 families buy their first home, lending $3,138,248 in down payment and closing cost assistance loans.see schedule o for additional program accomplishments. 390 individuals benefited from the fastrack homebuyer education workshops and 412 clients received one-on-one counseling covering topics such as: pre-purchase, pre-closing and budget/credit counseling (not including foreclosure services) the total nhs loan portfolio remained strong relative to the national economy. 31 loans were past due as of december 31st out of a total portfolio of 1,122 loans

Neighborhood building: the organization provides a number of neighborhood-based initiatives designed to empower the residents to control their environment including assistance in running resident meetings, providing resources, and leadership training. They assist the community in gathering volunteers for clean-ups and repair efforts such as operation renovation.