We’re the Neighborhood Development Collaborative
A coalition of front range-based non-profits building homes for low and middle income residents, strengthening neighborhoods with community-oriented businesses, and providing innovative human services
Our Challenge
It’s no secret that housing is a big issue. As the principal providers of affordable housing in the Metro Denver region and beyond, NDC knows how the history of exclusionary land-use practices, housing discrimination, and segregation have led to communities being divided by race and class, creating great inequities in housing for low-income and Black and Brown neighborhoods that are only magnified by the growing lack of affordable, safe and stable housing options available today.
Our Call to Action
NDC began in 2009 in response to the federal government’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program and continued to evolve as its members realized they could have a bigger impact by coordinating their efforts rather than competing for limited federal funding. That philosophy of making a bigger difference by working together to house Coloradans in the community of their choice has kept our collaborative together and growing since 2009.
Our Response
NDC members are affordable housing stakeholders collaborating through dialogue, advocacy, research, collective fundraising, grant-making, and programming to create a greater impact across Colorado for residents. We strive to achieve this by creating more affordable housing options, fighting displacement pressures, protecting renters’ rights, opening more opportunities to homeownership, and creating an enabling policy environment to ensure long-term success.