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National CORE and Linc Housing Join County and City Officials to Break Ground on New Affordable and Supportive Housing in Inglewood
Measure H Funds Help Finance More Homes for Formerly Homeless Households When: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 – 10 a.m. Where: Fairview Heights, 923 East Redondo Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90302 What: Co-developers Linc Housing and National CORE, both...
Groundbreaking Set for Next Phase of Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Groundbreaking will be held January 16th for the next phase of the Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization, formerly known as the Waterman Gardens Public Housing site. This second on-site phase community – Crestview Terrace – will result...
National CORE Receives Chase PRO Neighborhood Investment to Strengthen the Existing Waterman/Baseline Specific Plan and Leverage Community Impact Efforts
National CORE, in partnership with Build Healthy Places Network and Nonprofit Finance Fund, is one of nine cohorts to receive a $100,000 investment through JPMorgan Chase’s Partnership for Raising Opportunity in Neighborhoods (PRO Neighborhoods) initiative. The...
‘An Evening of Hope, Endless Possibilities’ to Celebrate 27 Years of Transforming Lives and Communities
Dignity Health, Citizens Business Bank, and Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr. are to be honored October 16 as National Community Renaissance (National CORE), one of the nation’s most respected nonprofit community builders, hosts “An Evening of Hope, Endless Possibilities” – its...
National CORE awarded Power Builder distinction by U.S. Green Building Council’s 2018 LEED Homes Awards
Annual awards honor prominent projects, developers, and builders in residential sustainability Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. – June 20, 2019 – National Community Renaissance (National CORE) has been named a Power Builder by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) as a part...
The One San Pedro Collaborative Opens a Local Office to Engage the Community in the Redevelopment of Rancho San Pedro
San Pedro, Calif. – It is with much anticipation that the One San Pedro Collaborative announces the grand opening of its local office onsite of the future mixed-use, mixed-income development of Rancho San Pedro, a 21-acre public housing site located in the heart of...
National Community Renaissance becomes first developer to sign onto AIA’s 2030 Commitment
WASHINGTON – April 16, 2019 – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is welcoming National Community Renaissance (National CORE), one of the nation’s largest nonprofit developers of affordable housing, as the first developer to sign the AIA 2030 Commitment. AIA’s...
Patricia Whitaker Named New Vice President of Asset Management
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. – Patricia Whitaker joins the leadership team at National Community Renaissance (National CORE) as Vice President of Asset Management, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the affordable housing industry as a leader and advocate for...
National CORE Announces New Solar Projects to Reduce/Eliminate Energy Costs for More than 5,000 Residents
San Francisco, Calif. -- National Community Renaissance (National CORE), one of the nation’s largest and most respected nonprofit community builders, will develop and construct 2.3 megawatts of solar energy for several affordable housing properties. This program will...
Opening of Oakcrest Heights community will help low-, extremely low-income families and individuals transform their lives
YORBA LINDA, Calif. – Grand opening of the highly-anticipated Oakcrest Heights residential community for low- to extremely low-income individuals and families will be held November 28 in the Savi Ranch neighborhood. The 54-unit apartment community will include support...
Groundbreaking—50 Affordable Studios in San Ysidro for Seniors Experiencing Homelessness
HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, the San Diego Housing Commission’s homelessness action plan, supports the San Ysidro Senior Village development SAN DIEGO, CA — The development of San Ysidro Senior Village, which celebrated its groundbreaking today, will create 50 new...
Shevon Johnson: ‘A Stepping Stone for Greatness – A Better Life’
San Bernardino, Calif. – Shevon Johnson is determined to become a homeowner – to fulfill the American Dream that once seemed so far out of reach for the married mother of three who has spent much of her life in subsidized housing. Her new apartment home at Olive...
Omeika Candelaria: ‘There’s just such a good vibe’
San Bernardino, Calif. – Omeika Candelaria lived at the Waterman Gardens public housing project for so long, she can’t remember how exactly it happened. “I’d applied for public housing, and I think I got a letter in the mail that I was approved. But I didn’t know...
San Bernardino becomes first city in Inland Empire to receive $20 million from the California Strategic Growth Council for a family-development project
Money will help fund 183 high-quality housing units and neighborhood upgrades at Arrowhead Grove SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – In a milestone decision on June 28, 2018, the state’s Strategic Growth Council (SGC) awarded San Bernardino $20 million through the California...
LINC Housing and National CORE Join City Officials to Celebrate the Start of Construction on New Senior Affordable Housing in Glendale
Vista Grande Court Brings 66 New Homes to the Neighborhood GLENDALE, Calif. - May 10, 2018 - Co-developers National Community Renaissance (National CORE) and LINC Housing, both California-based nonprofits, joined the City of Glendale and other partners to commemorate...
Encanto Village groundbreaking ushers in new era of affordable housing In the City of San Diego
SAN DIEGO – Groundbreaking ceremonies will be held on April 14 for the highly anticipated Encanto Village residential community, providing high-quality affordable housing in a mixed-use, transit-oriented setting. Encanto Village features 65 apartment homes for...
Ontario celebrates awarding of $35 million Transformative Communities grant for Downtown revitalization
ONTARIO, Calif. – The city, community stakeholders and regional leaders are celebrating today’s formal approval of a $35 million grant from the California Strategic Growth Council, which provides a major boost to Ontario’s plans for a modern urban village in and...
Quality affordable housing comes to Oceanside with the Grand Opening of Mission Cove
Oceanside, CA - The coastal city of Oceanside, CA, is ushering in a new era of high-quality affordable apartment living with the opening of the much-anticipated Mission Cove community for families, seniors, veterans and transitional age youth. Officials from the city...
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