Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

Street Address:
608 North Garden Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755


Phone: 727-442-4155
Fax: 727-446-4911
Website: 

Isay Gulley, Executive Director

Contact Name: Isay Gulley
Phone: 727-442-4155
Fax: 727-446-4911
Email: igulley@hotmail.com


Staff Size: Full Time: 6 

Background
Clearwater NHS was founded in 1979 and originally organized as a small two person NHS working in the South Greenwood neighborhood. In the eighties, CNHS expanded its services, first to homeownership lending, then to commercial lending and later to real estate development. Later the organization expanded its service delivery area to include the North Greenwood community. Since 1996, CNHS is a multifaceted organization providing services to both North and South Greenwood. Lead by Ms. Gulley, who is a longtime neighborhood resident and who joined the staff as an administrative assistant in the early eighties and rose through the staff ranks to her present position. Governed by a 17-member Board of Directors of which 51% are residents of its primary focus communities of North and South Greenwood. CNHS was the first NHS in Florida chartered by Neighborhood Reinvestment Co. The NHS believes in the holistic approach to community revitalization where people can own and live in homes that are attractive and reasonably priced.

Mission
To improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods which it serves by promoting revitalization through home ownership, rehabilitation and economic development.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $827,279

 Lines of Business
  • Community Based Economic Development

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 104 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 36 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 8 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 179 rental units.
  • Invested $26,000 in the community through Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.'s revolving loan fund, which leveraged $1,635,214 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $1,661,214.

    • Community Services
  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Home Maintenance Training

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Housing for Elderly

  •  Housing for Handicapped


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Norma E BrooksBoard MemberResident Resident
    Marjorie BurbineBoard MemberFinancial Institution SunTrust Bank
    Willa CarsonBoard MemberFinancial Institution  
    Frank CassaraBoard TreasurerFinancial InstitutionBank of America - Clearwater, FL 
    Linda FeigheryBoard MemberFinancial InstitutionSouthTrustVP/ Regional Community Dev. Officer
    John JenkinsBoard MemberResident  
    Pearl W JohnsonBoard PresidentResidentPremier Community Bank 
    Willa Livingston-CarsonBoard MemberResident  
    Gilbert MacPhersonBoard Vice ChairBusinessLaw Office 
    Lynne P McChristianBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionUSAA Property and Casualty InsuranceCorporate Communications
    Sally RubyBoard SecretaryResident  
    Milton B SmithBoard MemberResident Resident
    Steven B SullivanBoard MemberBusinessNorwest Mortgage, Inc. - Clearwater, FL 

    About the NeighborWorks ® Network
    The NeighborWorks® network is a nationwide network of more than 240 community development organizations working in nearly 4358 urban, suburban and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks® organizations have generated more than $8.5 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 500,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes or secure safe, decent rental or mutual housing.

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