Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc.

Street Address:
143 Border Street
East Boston, MA 02128


Phone: 617-567-5882
Fax: 617-567-7563
Website: www.noahcdc.org

Philip R. Giffee, Executive Director

Contact Name: Philip R Giffee
Phone: 617-418-8240
Fax: 617-567-7563
Email: philipgiffee@noahcdc.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 16    Part Time: 14

Background
NOAH is an East Boston based CDC. We were organized as a Chapter 180 non-profit in 1987. We have 17 Board members. We are currently a staff of 21 with a budget of $1.5M. We began doing Strategic Planning and Business Planning in 1995. Our current Business Plan ‘expired’ at the beginning of 2004. We have found ourselves operating a variety of programs outside of our traditional East Boston base. We tweaked our Mission Statement in 1998 but it now needs a definitive revision. At our Board meeting on January 22, 2004 the Board began the analysis and revision process. They talked about ‘core values,’ goals, key words and phrases, new ideas etc. They want to meet with staff, and then take a number of months to vet this issue before concretizing the new mission statement. Surely it will retain a focus on affordable housing, collaboration, community organizing and environmental justice, valuing diversity and respecting neighborhood persons. The organization is open to examining different forms of governance, but wants to retain a deep commitment to serving East Boston.

Mission
NOAH, the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, is an East Boston based community development corporation structured to collaborate with and support residents and communities in their pursuit of affordable housing strategies, environmental justice, community planning, leadership development, and economic development opportunities. NOAH eagerly partners with those residents, neighborhood entities, municipalities or groups that share similar values and goals in order to improve standards of living, build community, and create social/economic opportunities, especially for low and moderate-income persons, families and disadvantaged groups or areas. NOAH's goals and programs are built on a commitment to equality, fairness, diversity and respect for all people.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $3,002,686

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • 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 Community Building and Organizing
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 113 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 5 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 19 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 101 rental units.
  • Invested $ in the community through Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc.'s revolving loan fund, which leveraged $8,509,617 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $8,509,617.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    6/6/2006 ** Being the highest producer of 1-4 family homeownership housing in the City/State. And NOAH’s housing is known as setting the standard for the quality of rehab. **Our rental housing is also at the top for quality and affordability - about 10 of our tenant families purchased their own homes in the past year. **Creating our highly respected CB/E Dept, which has had a major impact on open space, environmental justice and diverse leadership development. We have also brought millions of dollars of investment into the community through our environmental remediation efforts. **Becoming the CDC’s largest non-profit lender of first and second mortgages with multiple for-profit investors. We are also a CDFI. Lending has led the way for NOAH to see how far our efforts and programs could have a positive effect. **Possessing a strong, stable leadership team at the Board and staff level.

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Leadership Training

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Job Training / Youth Employment Project

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Training

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Handyman Referrals

  •  Home Maintenance Training

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  HomeBuyers Club


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Kathy BurlinsonBoard Assistant SecretaryResident  
    John CannonBoard Assistant TreasurerFinancial Institution  
    Andrew DanforthBoard Member  
    Dharmena DowneyBoard PresidentFinancial Institution  
    Rose FioreBoard TreasurerBusiness  
    Kempton FlemmingBoard MemberState Government  
    David FossBoard Vice PresidentCumsky & LevinAttorney
    Nina Gaeta-ColettaBoard MemberResident  
    Jean HealeyBoard MemberOther  
    Venancio MartinezBoard MemberBusiness  
    Gloribell MotaBoard MemberResident  
    Kyla Piercy-CurleyBoard Member  
    Anjie PrestonBoard ClerkNon-Profit Institution  
    Christian RiveraBoard Member  
    Mary-Ellen WelchBoard President EmeritaResident  

    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:  New England
    Name:  Frances Cinicola
    Phone:  617-585-5027
    Toll-Free:  
    Fax:  617-450-0427
    Email:  fcinicola@nw.org