San Juan Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

Street Address:
274 Cond. Ponce Local #102
Canals St,.Stop 19
Santurce, PR 00907
Mailing Address:PO Box 13926
San Juan, PR 00908-3926

Phone: 787-721-8920
Fax: 787-724-8432
Website: www.sanjuannhscorp.org

Blanca Velez Beauchamp, Executive Director

Contact Name: Janytsie Gines
Phone: 787-721-8920
Fax:
Email: janytsie@hotmail.com


Staff Size: Full Time: 5    Part Time: 2

Background
San Juan NHS was created in February, 1996 through a collaborative effort between the municipal government, Neighborhood Reinvestment, and community leaders from seven neighborhoods in Santurce, San Juan's inner-city. The neighborhoods in San Juan NHS' impact area are: Figueroa, El Gandul, Alto del Cabro, Campo Alegre, Tras Talleres, Hipodromo, Bolivar, and communities between Stop 15 and Stop 26 in Santurce. The San Juan NHS offers home buyer education; finances home purchases and rehabilitation; provides rehabilitation and construction management assistance; and sustains aggressive community building and resident leadership development initiatives.

Mission
The mission of the San Juan Neighborhood Housing Services (SJNHS) is to develop the participation of residents, the private sector, municipal and state government to promote the revitalization and improvement of the San Juan communities, granting special attention to the aspects related to the development and reconstruction of homes, economic development, social development, education, and human development of the people in the impacted area served by the organization. Our goal is to create stronger and self-sufficient communities.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $194,381

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • 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 11 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 2 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 16 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 0 rental units.
  • Invested $84,405 in the community through San Juan Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.'s revolving loan fund, which leveraged $1,564,074 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $1,648,479.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    9/7/2004 Celebrated both a Health Fair, reaching over 350 persons, and a Job Fair that reached more than 150 residents.
    9/7/2004 Held a painting project that impacted 29 houses in five of the NHS's seven communities served.
    9/7/2004 Trained 95 new families through a monthly New Home Buyers Workshop. Signed an agreement with Doral Bank to offer this workshop to 30 more families.

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Business/Merchant Relationship

  •  Clean-up Project

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Community Planning

  •  Leadership Training

  •  Minority Awareness Program

  •  Neighborhood / Resident Crime Watch

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Afterschool/Tutoring Programs

  •  Christmas-Adopt a Family Program

  •  Community Health Services

  •  Drug and Alcohol Prevention

  •  Job Training / Youth Employment Project

  •  Public Assistance Counseling

  •  Youth Group Organizing (Issue Oriented)

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Financial Education

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Counseling

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Training

  •  IDA Savings Program

  •  Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

  •  Reverse Mortgage

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Handyman Referrals

  •  Home Maintenance Training

  •  Home Safety and Security

  •  Indoor Environment Quality

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Home Ownership Center

  •  Home Ownership Counseling

  •  HomeBuyers Club

  •  Section 8 Housing


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Caroll CabanasBoard Member At LargeState Government  
    Elyde CintronBoard SecretaryState Government  
    Noris GautierBoard MemberResident  
    Ariel LebronBoard Vice PresidentFinancial InstitutionFirst Bank 
    Alba OssaBoard TreasurerResident  
    Olga VillaBoard PresidentResident  
    Rafael ZuñigaBoard PresidentFinancial Institution CRA Officer

    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:  Northeast
    Name:  Leonora Davis
    Phone:  212-269-6553x29
    Toll-Free:  
    Fax:  
    Email:  ledavis@nw.org