NEHEMIAH HDFC

Nehemiah HDFC has positioned itself as an industry leader and anchor in communities by providing quality and affordable housing to low-to-moderate income families.

Our Mission

Nehemiah’s mission is to transform communities and build equity with local leaders & institutions by creating and preserving high quality permanent affordable housing. At a critical scale that is impactful to our communities.

Community

Partnerships

We create lasting partnership with communities & organization to bring positive change.

Affordable Housing

Building access to more affordable housing.

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Community Regeneration

We revitalize neighborhoods not gentrified them.

Strategic Planning

We have a comprehensive plan to developed and maintain affordable housing.

Building Generational Wealth

Our projects give familes the steping stone needed to build

a financial legacy.

The Nehemiah Oral History

Nehemiah Homes is one of the most successful affordable homeownership initiatives in NYC history. Learn how the initiative illuminates the past, inspires the present for the future.

Articles & Press

New Year, New Homes for Staten Island: Plan to Transform Sanitation Garage Into 232 Affordable Homes Moves Forward on Staten Island

By NYC HPD • December 30, 2024

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has announced plans to convert a sanitation garage at 539 Jersey Street on Staten Island's North Shore into "Hillside Grove," a mixed-use development featuring 232 affordable homes.

Affordable Housing Builds Wealth: Time to Change the Narrative! The Karen Hunter Show

By Karen Hunter Show • June 6, 2023

Affordable Housing Builds Wealth: Time to Change the Narrative! The Karen Hunter Show Kirk Goodrich – Affordable Housing Developer Rev. David Brawley – St. Paul Community Baptist Church

Rev. David Brawley on Building True Community Power

By FAQ NYC • April 1, 2023

Rev. David K Brawley, pastor of St. Paul’s Community Baptist Church in East New York, Brooklyn, and co-chair of the community organizing group Metro-IAF, talks with THE CITY’s Executive editor Alyssa Katz about what it takes to build lasting community power, the homeownership legacy of the Nehemiah Homes, what Mayor Eric Adams should know about mobilizing faith in politics and much more.