Neighborhood Groups
Neighborhood Groups Who Provide Housing
7th Ward Neighborhood Center
The 7th Ward Neighborhood Center is a welcoming physical space that creates an environment where residents come together to develop and implement their ideas to create stronger, more vibrant, equitable community. We help support and develop neighborhood leadership that strengthens the social fabric of the neighborhood.
A Shared Initiative
A Shared Initiative, Inc. (ASII) was formed to expand anti-poverty programs initially designed by ASI Federal Credit Union, a community development financial institution, serving predominately low-income individuals and families. Since Hurricane Katrina hit, a vast majority of area residents have fallen upon financial hardship to an extent that is hardly…
Broadmoor Development Corporation
The Broadmoor Development Corporation is the community development branch of the Broadmoor Improvement Association. The Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA) is the leading civic organization for this diverse, thriving community in the heart of New Orleans. Created in 1930 to address the needs of the recently established neighborhood, the BIA incorporated…
Carrollton-Hollygrove CDC
The Carrollton Hollygrove Community Development Corporation (CHCDC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is the development of affordable housing to low-and moderate-income households, and, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, to promote neighborhood revitalization and recovery in the area bounded by South Carrollton Ave., the Jefferson Parish line, I-10, and…
Desire Street Ministries
Desire Street Ministries exists to train and send leaders to revitalize impoverished neighborhoods through spiritual and community development. Everything we do is based on two core values. Our incarnational philosophy of ministry means that the leaders of our replication works choose to live in the neighborhoods we serve, seeking transformation…
Faubourg St. Roch Improvement Association
This Association (FSR) advocates for all residents of the St. Roch service area. We have a goal of a fully mixed inner-city community with a homeownership rate of 50% or more.
Holy Cross Neighborhood Association
Established in 1981, the mission of the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association is to make our community the best place in the city to live and raise a family. Elections are held on the 2nd Thursday in May. Membership dues must be current by the end of April each year or…
Leonidas/Pensiontown Neighborhood Association
A historic community of Old Carrollton, our neighborhood was once one of New Orleans most coveted cultural treasures. In its heyday, its population consisted of pensioners, mostly retired from the old rail line and Port of New Orleans, earning us the name, Pensiontown. Devastated by mass abandonment and neglect since…
Make It Right Foundation
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The slow reaction to the initial emergency and to the ongoing crisis exposed troubling realities about the response capabilities of the American government when the citizens of our most culturally diverse city were in desperate need of help. When Brad Pitt visited the Lower 9th…
Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC
MQVN Community Development Corporation (MQVN CDC) was established by the Mary Queen of Viet Nam Church in May 2006 to assist Vietnamese-American Katrina victims in New Orleans East rebuild their lives and their community. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, MQVN CDC played a leading role in providing emergency…
Mid-City Neighborhood Organization
The Mid-City Neighborhood Organization is a civic group active in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was formed in April, 1990 by the merger of two civic associations: the Mid-City Improvement Association (founded 1974) and the City Park Mid-City Improvement Association (founded 1971). These associations were formed to…
NENA
NENA’s mission is to play a vital role in our neighborhood’s redevelopment. We implement sustainable projects and programs in decent and affordable housing, economic development and education with clear community involvement and direction.
Oak Park Civic Association
Oak Park Civic Association was originally formed in the late 1940’s as the neighborhood was being developed. The neighborhood was built out by developers but today is working in the strange and complex world of large scale infill development. This has moved the organization toward being a learning organization as…
Pontilly Association
Mission: The Pontilly Association is a 501 c (4) non profit that helps to maintain the character of the Pontchartrain Park and Gentilly Woods communities for more then twenty-five years. The Assocation served as the neighborhood associaton for the Pontchartrain Park and Gentilly Woods communities. The past activities included monthly…
NPN is funded with help from CPSC
