Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield, Inc.

Street Address:
20 South Limestone Street
Suite 110
Springfield, OH 45502


Phone: 937-322-4623
Fax: 937-322-4619
Website: www.springfieldnhp.org

Katina M. Koumoutsos, Executive Director

Contact Name: Katina M Koumoutsos
Phone: 937-322-4623x100
Fax: 937-322-4619
Email: tkoumoutsos@springfieldnhp.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 8    Part Time: 1

Background
Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield, Inc.(NHP) is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization created in response to deteriorating housing and neighborhood conditions in the city of Springfield, Ohio. NHP is the product of a 2001 merger of two nonprofits in order to create an organization sufficiently capitalized to implement community-development related activities. NHP is overseen by a diverse Board of Trustees comprised of neighborhood residents, business and government, minority and low-income representatives. As the city’s only Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO), NHP utilizes HOME funds as well as other federal, state, local and private funding. Primary activities include: 1) low interest-rate loans for home repairs; 2) construction management; 3) homebuyer education/financial literacy education; 4) downpayment assistance; 5) first mortgage lending and referrals; and 6) credit counseling/delinquency intervention.

Mission
Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield, Inc. preserves affordable, quality housing and strong neighborhoods through partnerships of residents, business, and government.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $941,214

 Lines of Business
  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership
  • NeighborWorks Community Building and Organizing

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 73 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 17 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 40 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 1 rental units.
  • Invested $48,563 in the community through Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield, Inc.'s revolving loan fund, which leveraged $3,637,450 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $3,686,013.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    1/1/2009 2002 - 2008 Accomplishments: 364 new homebuyers totaling $26,450,000 in facilitated 1st mortgages; $237,500 in NHP Downpayment Assistance; $597,000 in Lender Downpayment Assistance; 796 graduates of Homebuyer Education; 674 enrollees in Financial Fitness; 197 completed home repair projects; 186 units landscaped through Cultivating Neighborhoods; 353 households received foreclosure counseling.

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Community Planning

  •  Landscape and Neighborhood Beautification

  •  Leadership Training

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Christmas-Adopt a Family Program

  •  Public Assistance Counseling

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  •  Financial Education

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Training

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Home Ownership Center

  •  Home Ownership Counseling


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Mark BeckdahlBoard TreasurerLocal GovernmentCity of SpringfieldDirector of Finance
    Anika BerryBoard MemberCounty GovernmentDepartment of Jobs and Family ServicesDJFS Clerical Specialist 4
    Alyce ComerBoard MemberBusinessFirst Diversity Staffing Group 
    Warren CopelandBoard Member Non-VotingLocal GovernmentCity of SpringfieldMayor
    Daren CotterBoard MemberBusinessFifth Third Bank 
    Barbara DyeBoard MemberResident  
    Maureen GradyBoard SecretaryResident  
    Josephine HillBoard MemberCounty GovernmentDepartment of Jobs and Family ServicesWIA Case Manager
    John RaisbeckBoard Vice PresidentResidentDirector Emeritus-Wesbanco, Incorporated 
    Sheila RiceBoard MemberResident  
    Jim RoedigerBoard PresidentBusinessRoediger Realty 
    John SpencerBoard MemberBusinessSpencer & BealsPartner, Attorney

    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:  Great Lakes
    Name:  Karen Whedon
    Phone:  513-221-4260
    Toll-Free:  877-316-8880
    Fax:  513-221-4425
    Email:  kwhedon@nw.org