Neighborhood Funding Oklahoma, L.L.C., an affiliate of Neighborhood Housing Services Oklahoma (NHSOKLA), is the recipient of a $125,000 technical assistance grant from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Fund (CDFI Fund). The CDFI Program invests in and…
The Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency Board of Trustees approved an NHSOKLA $500,000 HOME fund application to purchase and rehab 3 homes in Oklahoma County. These homes will be sold to low to moderate income families in Oklahoma County (outside of…
Ariana had decided renting was a waste of money. “From a financial standpoint, I realized that I wanted to own a home instead of paying rent. Paying rent is like throwing money away. When you own a home you build…
Carolyn was ready for a new start…and a new home! Life had forced her to make some hard choices. She had been renting for several years, but her focus was on owning a home again. “Homeownership is what I hope…
Sylvia set a goal to become a homeowner before she turned 30! It took several years, but she did it! She made sacrifices, repaired her credit, lowered her debt-to-income ratio, and educated herself through by taking our homebuyer education workshop.…
We Believe in Community for All! Neighborhood Housing Services Oklahoma has been named as a Community Development Entity (CDE) by the Department of the Treasury through the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. Why is that important? Community Development Financial Institutions…
Neighborhood Housing Services Oklahoma is the only nonprofit organization in the Oklahoma City metro area to have housing counselors who are HUD certified. Three homeownership center staff members, Linda Rowe, Amanda Johnson and Torri Rodgers, have all earned their…
Jaelynn Farley is our newest homeowner. She is a first-time homebuyer who attended our November Homebuyer Education class and also received Down Payment Assistance toward the purchase of her new home. When asked about the process of becoming a home owner,…
Keith Jacobs distinctly remembers what it was like to be homeless. “I was eating out of trash cans and living like an animal,” he said. Like many veterans, Keith found himself in this place in life after years of dedicated…
Oklahoma City- Neighborhood Housing Services Oklahoma (NHSOKLA) announces the appointment of Tim Cox of Oklahoma City as the Chair of the Board of Directors. Neighborhood Housing Services Oklahoma is a community development housing agency and is the trusted resource for…