A CORNERSTONE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINCE 1987
For the past 35 years, National Equity Fund has worked with partners across the country in service of our mission to create and deliver innovative, collaborative financial solutions to expand the creation and preservation of affordable housing. As a nonprofit, everything we do is rooted in our vision that all individuals and families across the country have access to stable, safe, and affordable homes that provide a foundation for them to reach their full potential. We are dedicated to our purpose of building homes, communities, and better lives.
WSFSSH at West 108 is a new, two-condo construction in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Co-located with WSFSSH's 110-bed shelter for seniors, Valley Lodge, there are 199 affordable housing units at the new construction at West 108 with several supportive studios and apartments for the formerly homeless, low-income families and elderly residents with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
The 5150 Northwest Highway Apartments in Jefferson Park is a 75-unit new construction affordable housing development by Full Circle Communities (FCC). This development strategically integrates a number of housing needs in an area with rapidly rising rent costs and caters to a mixture of veterans, seniors, single residents, families and people with disabilities.
The Apartments at New Market West is a 53,000 square foot, five-story new construction that was built as the second phase of the New Market West development, a 93,000 square foot mixed-use, transit-oriented build located in predominately Black Haddington/Cobbs Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia. The development is groundbreaking for its major focus on energy efficiency, meeting the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency’s (PHFA) threshold for green buildings and achieving a reduced Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index rating.
The Florence Mills Apartments is a mixed-use complex developed by Hollywood Community Housing Corporation (HCHC). The 74-unit development is named after Black singer, dancer, actress and racial rights activist Florence Mills, “The Queen of Happiness,” who died at the young age of 31. Within the complex, Mills’ memory lives on through vibrant murals and music education classes held within the complex.
Dunlap Pointe offers 54 supportive housing units for the chronically homeless in Phoenix's affluent Sunnyslope neighborhood. Developed by Native American Connections, the complex sits mountainside and adjacent to the NAC’s Patina Mountain Preserve, which provides 48-beds for the chronically homeless. This supportive housing development offers services and wellness treatments that incorporate traditional Native practices, rituals and healing of the mind, body and spirit.
Willkommen Zuhause is a combination of historic renovation and scattered-site new construction of 56 high-impact affordable housing units in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. As an historic rehab, Willkommen Zuhause, which means, “welcome home” in German, meets the Enterprise Green Communities certification requirements. All new construction elements are Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified.
