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Who We Are

Good Neighbors. Good Partners.

NeighborGood Partners (formerly known as NCALL) has been serving the Delmarva Peninsula since 1976. We specialize in affordable housing counseling and development, financial education, and lending.

As a service provider for families and individuals in Delaware, NeighborGood Partners offers pre-purchase and foreclosure prevention counseling, financial education, and DEHAP rental housing assistance. We are a HUD-approved housing counseling agency. Our services to nonprofit corporations include developer consulting for multi-family housing projects, and technical expertise for USDA’s Rural Development Self-Help Housing program. Our Loan Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution, provides financing to nonprofit and for-profit corporations interested in providing affordable housing and other living spaces, neighborhood revitalization, and community facilities.

We also provide community development services and are the lead agency for Restoring Central Dover, a resident-driven neighborhood revitalization initiative.

Karen Speakman.

Executive Director

Meet the people behind our mission.

Staff

Board of Directors

What We Do

Our mission is to strengthen communities through housing, lending, and education—which means we have the people in place to guide you along your journey— and everyone's path is different. Let us help you.

Consumer Services

Homeownership Education

Our NeighborGood Partners housing specialists will guide you step-by-step through the home buying process.

Our specialists will meet you where you are and develop a plan towards your path to homeownership.

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Consumer Services

Foreclosure Prevention

We offer a lifeline to households caught in this country's crisis by offering default and foreclosure prevention counseling and application assistance.

There is simply not just one solution. Let us help you.

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Consumer Services

Housing Stability

Program

If you are at risk of being evicted and received a court ordered eviction notice, you may meet the Housing Stability Program (HSP) guidelines. We are here to help. The HSP can provide up to $1,800 per month for up to three months in financial assistance for rental arrears, late fees, and security deposits. As a Delaware Housing Authority (DSHA) partner, we will serve Kent and Sussex Counties.

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Consumer Services

Stand By Me

Financial Education

We offers one-on-one financial coaching through our partnership with StandByME® at various employment centers and higher education sites as well as financial education through a series of workshops.

We will connect you with the right program to fit your needs.

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Consumer Services

E-Home America Education Course (Online)

Please check with your Housing Counselor or Lender before registering.

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Restoring Central Dover

A Vision for Vitality

Restoring Central Dover is a Comprehensive Neighborhood Revitalization Plan that is led by NeighborGood Partners and a Steering Committee and based from resident input and priorities that have been derived from a community survey, meetings, events, activities, and community outreach.

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Real Estate & Community Development

Building Communities

NeighborGood Partners housing development team provides its expertise to nonprofit organizations seeking to develop and/or preserve affordable housing that serves low-income families, the elderly, and farmworkers.

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Self-Help Housing

It Takes a Village

NeighborGood Partners Self-Help Housing Team provides technical and management assistance to organizations in the 21-state northeast region that are operating, or plan to operate, self-help housing programs in their community.

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The Loan Fund

A Community Investment

NeighborGood Partners is a Community Development Financial Institution that is certified by the Department of Treasury. The Loan Fund finances projects for the development of affordable housing, community facilities, neighborhood revitalization, and other special projects.

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The Launcher Program

Small Business,

Big Opportunity

The Launcher Program (Dover) is a pivotal component of revitalizing Downtown Dover as part of the Restoring Central Dover initiatives. This program helps local entrepreneurs with the business startup principles needed to succeed.

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