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NeighborWorks and Make It Right

Actor Brad Pitt's Make it Right in New Orleans is one of more than 30 strategic partnerships that NeighborWorks America has cultivated in the Gulf Coast region. NeighborWorks provides prospective Make It Right homeowners living in the battered lower ninth ward with financial education and homeownership counseling that will ensure each homeowner achieves sustainable homeownership. View Video»

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Rebuilding Gulf Coast Communities

Leveraging Partnership to Rebuild from 'Neighborhoods Up'

NeighborWorks America’s response to the destruction caused in the Gulf Coast region by the hurricanes of 2005 and 2008 has been grounded on the principle of rebuilding “from the neighborhoods up.”

Modeled upon our 30-year history of supporting community-based partnerships, our rebuilding initiative supports the foundations of neighborhood rebuilding – the families, organizations, and homes that make up these neighborhoods.

NeighborWorks America is supporting organizations with grants and investments that aid families with financial counseling, as well as support building or rehabilitation of affordable homes in the region.

Accomplishments, 2006 - 2011

Supported more than 30 local organizations with grants, training and technical assistance
Provided 1,600 scholarships to individuals from the Gulf Coast to attend the NeighborWorks Training Institute
- More than 2,200 individuals from over 650 Gulf Coast organizations and municipalities received training from NeighborWorks
NeighborWorks America’s direct investment of $12 million helped leverage more than $788 million in construction and lending resources
5,125 newly constructed or rehabbed units in service
- 632 under construction
- 1788 in predevelopment
30,756 clients received pre- and post-homeownership and housing related counseling
1.9 million volunteer hours logged by more than 70,000 volunteers from across the United States
Chartered 3 new organizations:
- Southern Mutual Help Association, New Iberia, LA
- Providence Community Housing, New Orleans, LA
- Hope Enterprise Corp. , Jackson, MS

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Contact:

For more information on NeighborWorksGulf Coast Initiative, please contact James Ross at JRoss@nw.org or 504-524-8185.

1325 G St., NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005-3100
Phone: (202) 220-2300 | Fax: (202) 376-2600