About

Mission

Neighborhood Renaissance, Inc., a nonprofit community development corporation is dedicated to creating and preserving strong neighborhoods and homes within reach of Palm Beach County’s low and moderate-income workforce.

Our approach to rebuilding neighborhoods is comprehensive and has received national recognition.  Since 1992 we have worked in partnership with local government and lending institutions to reclaim and renovate troubled properties through a Model Block approach while helping families to become economically self-sufficient through individualized housing counseling, case management and increased financial literacy.  We maintain strong linkages with nonprofit service providers to help residents achieve their self-sufficiency goals.  In our current role as a property manager, we work directly with each tenant to ensure the home is properly maintained and remains an asset to the neighborhood.

Awards & Designations:

Since 1992, Neighborhood Renaissance, Inc. has been acknowledged for our achievements. Here are some highlights from our long history of service:

2011 

• Wells Fargo Foundation $100,000 Leading the Way Home Priority Market grant, a nationwide competition to increase the availability of housing for low and moderate-income families while stabilizing and rebuilding neighborhoods.
• $9.5 million Neighborhood Stabilization II grant fromPalm BeachCounty to acquire and refurbish 50 foreclosed properties in the Urban Redevelopment Area
• $45,000 grant award from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation in support of the Northwood/Pleasant City Affordable Housing & Neighborhood Stabi lization Program
• Matching grant recipient for the Community Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin Counties’ Alleviate Hunger and Affordable Housing Challenge 

 2010

• $2,058,461 Disaster Recover Initiative/CDBG grant fromPalm Beach Countyto replace homes lost during Hurricane Wilma with 13 quality built “green” homes in the Westgate Community Redevelopment Area for low-income first-time homebuyers Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) designation byPalm Beach County
• Palm Beach County NSP 1 grant  sub recipient for $500,000 to purchase & rehab foreclosed properties
• $45,000 grant award from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation in support of the Northwood/Pleasant City Affordable Housing & Neighborhood Stabilization Program

2008 & 2009

• $50,000 grant award from the Knight Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach And Martin Counties, Inc to      help stem the tide of homelessness and tenant displacement
• Commerce Bank and TD Charitable Foundation 2008 Housing for Everyone grant
• $375,000 Palm Beach County SHIP grant in support of the Community Land Trust to assist in the construction of 5 homes for very low-income families
• $45,000 grant award from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation in support of the Northwood/Pleasant City Affordable Housing & Neighborhood Stabilization Program

 2006 & 2007

• $55,000 grant award from the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties in support of the Community Land Trust
• Northwood Community Land Trust homes featured in the Florida Housing Coalition’s Fall 2006 Housing Network Journal
• Bank of America’s 2006 Neighborhood Builders Award and $200,000 contribution in support of affordable housing efforts

2004 & 2005

• 1000 Friends of Florida’s 2005 Community Steward Award for the two-year Northwood citizen planning process that laid the ground work for new affordable housing development
• NationalLISCHomeownershipCenter“best practice” award for the Model Block Initiative, which also received the 1000 Friends of Florida’s Community Steward Award
• Federal Home Loan Bank Urban EDGE grant for the development of  Northwood’s first mixed-use residential and commercial project, the “Renaissance Courtyard” that demonstrated new design standards for the business district
• South FloridaLISC 2005 Community Development Champion
• Citibank 2004-2005 Partners in Progress Award
• CDC’s Comprehensive Approach to Neighborhood Revitalization” featured as lead article in the national American Planning Association’s Winter 2004 Economic Development Quarterly News & Views

 1998 & 1998 

• Community Housing Development Organization  (CHDO) designation for the Northwood neighborhood of West Palm Beach & HOME grant award for Palm BeachCounty’s 1^stModel Block Program