Photos: NHS
				Neighborhood Housing Services of Fort Worth
		(above,right) NHS rehabilitates homes in targeted neighborhoods and sells them at reduced prices to low-income homebuyers.
		Making homeownership affordable
		Founded in 1979, Neighborhood Housing Services is Fort Worth’s oldest non-profit provider of low-income housing. With a primary focus on the Near Northside, Polytechnic Heights and Riverside neighborhoods, NHS builds new homes, rehabilitates existing homes and helps income qualified families become first-time homebuyers by offering low-interest rate loans, down payment and closing cost assistance. NHS helps neighborhood leaders organize resident associations and works in collaboration with existing resident organizations to develop and implement new neighborhood programs such as community gardens and volunteer clean-up events.
		“We thought it would be a long time before we could afford to own a home.”					Photo: Alina Simone
		With help from NHS, Jose and Anna Lozano received a $15,000 grant from the City of Fort Worth, bringing the cost of their new NHS built home down to $50,000.