New Directions Housing Corporation

Street Address:
1000 East Liberty Street
Louisville, KY 40204-1029


Phone: 502-589-2272
Fax: 502-589-3256
Website: www.ndhc.org

Joe Gliessner, Executive Director

Contact Name: Joe Gliessner
Phone: 502-719-7199
Fax:
Email: joeg@ndhc.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 67    Part Time: 17

Background
New Directions Housing Corporation strengthens civic and volunteer participation to challenge the forces that undermine neighborhood and family stability. The agency was created in 1969 through ecumenical efforts centered at Saint William Church, a Roman Catholic congregation located at 13th and Oak streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The agency was incorporated as a non-profit in April 1971, receiving IRS 501(C)3 status in October 1972. Founders understood the formidable necessity of safe, accessible and affordable housing as a foundation for the critical connection between safe neighborhoods and strong families. Today, New Directions Housing Corporation has expanded regionally to a three-county service area, encompassing Jefferson County, Kentucky and the Southern Indiana counties of Floyd and Clark. It is one of Kentucky’s largest private, not-for-profit housing providers, offering integrated services in regional housing development, housing maintenance, supportive services and neighborhood empowerment. Lines of business include Real Estate and Housing Development, Asset and Property Management with over 1,000 units, Resident Services, Home Ownership Preservation and Community Building and Organizing. New Directions is a member of the Multifamily and Community Building and Organizing national initiatives, as well as the Learning Center Consortium.

Mission
The mission of New Directions Housing Corporation is to develop and maintain affordable housing and help to create vital communities in partnership with neighborhoods and other stakeholders.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $8,405,761

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Community Building and Organizing
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 0 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 96 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 0 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 1056 rental units.
  • Invested $ in the community through New Directions Housing Corporation's revolving loan fund, which leveraged $625,335 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $625,335.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    7/19/2006 New Directions Housing Corporation acquired its NeighborWorks Membership Charter in August 2005. Subsequently, the agency was invited to enter both the Multifamily and Community Building & Organizing national initiatives. Since 2004, activities in volunteer-led activities in homeownership preservation have enabled an expansion of the New Directions Repair Affair Program. In 2004, volunteers reached their goal of accomplishing repairs on 152 homes. In 2005, 172 homes were helped, thanks to the combined efforts of 1,676 volunteers. This year, for the first time, Repair Affair was a part of NeighborWorks Week, celebrating the summer's activities with a kick-off breakfast in a local Home Depot parking lot prior to dispatching volunteers to their jobs. Already, over 100 homes have been helped, but volunteers will work until early October 2006.
    7/23/2007 January 2007 saw the opening of New Directions' ninth neighborhood learning center, the first combined youth and adult center. The conversion of this abandoned basement laundry area to a comfortable and welcoming space of lifelong learning for adults and after-school homework help and educational enrichment for children was accomplished through the hard work of dozens of skilled and dedicated volunteers. Computer workstations in the center provide technology skills and experience as well as internet access for this neighborhood in which these things have not previously been available. In June 2007 New Directions once again participated in NeighborWorks Week with Repair Affair. The two event days in June were the kick-off for work that will continue through the Fall. By early July, 94 houses had been completed by 794 volunteers. An additional 60 to 70 houses are expected to be repaired before year end by an anticipated 550 to 600 additional volunteers.
    10/7/2007 In a summer of service, a highpoint was participation with a local congregation, South East Christian Church, in their Help Build Hope Again event on Saturday, September 29. This coincided with Louisville's Mayor's Neighborhood Summit with Keynote Speaker Ken Wade of NeighborWorks America! Over 3,000 volunteers from this large congregation fanned out across Louisville! From building new frames for Habitat for Humanity houses to working on 15 New Directions Repair Affair homes, these volunteers were determined to make an impact in affordable housing and community development! Almost 1,000 visited Louisville's historic California Neighborhood, providing new paint and repairs to both the community center and a 53-unit housing community called Saint Williams Apartments--named for the congregation that founded New Directions in 1969!
    12/31/2008 At the core of the agency’s programs is a dynamic, hands-on 24-member board recruited to represent the community’s strengths and needs. Volunteerism greatly leverages program production too. In the last 24 months 5,759 New Directions volunteers gave 41,673 hours as tutors, mentors, hands-on repair technicians, consultants and leaders. In 2008, 119 homes received repairs through the Repair Affair program and the work of 1,214 dedicated volunteers. Since 1993, over 1,600 Repair Affair homes have been aided in Jefferson County, Kentucky and Floyd and Clark counties in Indiana.

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Clean-up Project

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Community Planning

  •  Landscape and Neighborhood Beautification

  •  Leadership Training

  •  Neighborhood / Resident Crime Watch

  •  Neighborhood Festivals

  •  Tenant Organizing

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Afterschool/Tutoring Programs

  •  Christmas-Adopt a Family Program

  •  Youth Group Organizing (Issue Oriented)

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Elderly Tax Information

  •  Financial Education

  •  IDA Savings Program

  •  Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Handyman Referrals

  •  Home Safety and Security

  •  Lead Poison Prevention

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Housing for Elderly

  •  Housing for Handicapped

  •  Housing for Homeless

  •  Rental Housing

  •  Section 8 Housing

  •  Transitional Housing for Homeless Families


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Art BaltesBoard MemberResidentRepublic DieselService Department Associate
    Sharan BentonBoard MemberResidentSt. William ChurchPastoral Assistant
    Rev. Raymond BrownBoard MemberResidentThird Central United Church of ChristPastor
    Michael ByrneBoard MemberResident  
    Todd HarrettBoard MemberBusinessNorthern Continental Logistics 
    Robert HolmesBoard MemberBusinessLouisville Real Estate Development Co. 
    Ben JohnsonBoard Vice PresidentOtherCensus BureauPartnerships Specialist
    Jackson JonesBoard MemberOtherValenti, Hanley & RobinsonAttorney
    Mario LasoBoard MemberBusinessFifth Third BankAssistant Vice President
    Jack McGillBoard SecretaryBusinessHumana, Inc.Area Director Provider Network Operations
    Dr. Tony NewberryBoard MemberResidentJefferson Community & Techinical CollegePresident
    David NofsingerBoard MemberBusinessWeber Group, Inc.Sr. Design Project Manager
    John Pieper, CPABoard TreasurerBusinessMcCauley Nicolas & Company, LLC 
    Phil RichardsonBoard MemberBusinessUPSManager of Aircraft Maintenance Control
    Beth C RoseBoard MemberResidentMilestone Realty ConsultantsReal Estate Agent
    Brad SchwandtBoard MemberBusinessUPSDirector of Maintenance
    Terry SingerBoard MemberResidentUniversity of Louisville Kent School of Social WorkDean/Professor
    James StammermanBoard MemberResidentIvy Tech Community CollegeExecutive Assistant to the Chancellor
    Allen SteinbockBoard President EmeritusBusinessWhip-Mix CorporationPresident
    Louis Straub, IIBoard MemberFinancial InstitutionChase BankSenior Vice-President
    Councilman David TandyBoard MemberLocal GovernmentLouisville Metro Government District Council4th District Councilman
    Leonard WatkinsBoard MemberResident  
    Bill WeylandBoard MemberBusinessCity Properties GroupManaging Member
    Deborah WilliamsBoard MemberFinancial InstitutionNational City BankCRA Officer
    Marita WillisBoard PresidentFinancial InstitutionPNC BankAssistant Vice President

    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