Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

Street Address:
534 10th Avenue
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Mailing Address:PO Box 71168
Fairbanks, AK 99701

Phone: 907-451-7230
Fax: 907-451-7236
Website: www.fnhs.org

Laura Burke, Executive Director

Contact Name: Laura Burke
Phone: 907-451-7230
Fax: 907-451-7236
Email: lburke@fnhs.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 7    Part Time: 1

Background
FNHS was founded in 1993 by leaders of the South Fairbanks community in response to an identified need for residents to become vested in their neighborhood and to provide new resources and investment opportunities to the neighborhood. Since its inception, FNHS has established revitialization programs in two distressed neighborhoods, forming public and private partnerships that continue to leverage resources for neighborhood improvement programs and homeownership promotion. In 2003 the Fairbanks NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center was opened. The Center provides area-wide homebuyer education, counseling and lending services.

Mission
Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services is a grassroots organization of neighborhood residents, government officials and business leaders working together to revitalize neighborhoods and preserve and develop affordable housing for low and moderate income families and for all residents of designated neighborhoods.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $1,057,900

 Lines of Business
  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 13 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 0 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 129 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 42 rental units.
  • Invested $437,263 in the community through Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.'s revolving loan fund, which leveraged $23,296,046 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $23,733,309.

    • Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Leadership Training

  •  Tenant Organizing

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Job Training / Youth Employment Project

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Lead Poison Prevention

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Home Ownership Center

  •  Housing for Elderly

  •  Housing for Handicapped


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Hank BartosBoard PresidentBusinessCentury 21Broker
    Tonya BrownBoard MemberLocal GovernmentFairbanks City Council 
    Barbara CarlinBoard MemberResident  
    Jim CulleyBoard TreasurerFinancial InstitutionWells FargoVice President
    Kathryn DodgeBoard MemberCounty GovernmentFairbanks North Star Borough 
    Matthew HamptonBoard MemberResidentFt Wainwright 
    Mary MachacekBoard MemberAlaska USA Mortgage 
    Stacy RisnerBoard Vice PresidentBusinessGreater Fairbanks Board of RealtorsExecutive Director
    Ruby SuttonBoard SecretaryOtherFt. Wainwright Military Housing 
    Sherry Tate-SteinbergBoard MemberResidentJ L PropertiesProperty Manager
    Sara WilsonBoard MemberBusiness  

    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.

    NeighborWorks ® America Contact Information
    District:  Pacific
    Name:  Laurie Delman
    Phone:  714-940-0144x26
    Toll-Free:  
    Fax:  714-940-0973
    Email:  ldelman@nw.org