Our Mission

The purpose of the Neighborhood Housing Services of Southeast Wisconsin, Inc. is to renew pride, restore confidence, promote reinvestment, and revitalize the NHS neighborhoods through the efforts of local residents acting in concert with financial institutions, corporate enterprise and the business community, foundations, and local government.

Our Vision

   
A community development organization,…

(A volunteer led independent non-profit charitable corporation, first organized by community leaders from the Lincoln Park neighborhood, with assistance from the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.)

governed by a representative board of directors,...

(With an engaged board of directors composed of representatives from the communities served, business and government entities, effectively meeting and networking within the community to achieve the organization’s mission.)

Neighborhood Housing Services of Southeast Wisconsin transforms lives…..

(Residents of economically disadvantaged communities are the beneficiaries of our work. Housing is a primary strategy that values home ownership, innovative lending, design, development, and interactive community education. Our efforts create a cycle of investment that improves the fabric and quality of life in the neighborhood and community as a whole.)

by growing innovative reinvestment partnerships…

(NHS strengthens neighborhoods by developing and enhancing partnerships that can flexibly respond to the needs of the communities we serve. As a member of the national NeighborWorks® network, our partnership relationships can be found across the nation, in our region, throughout our community, and down the block.)

that revitalize affordable neighborhoods in Southeast Wisconsin.

(Our mechanisms to achieving neighborhood revitalization are through promoting home ownership and direct neighborhood investment as we support advancing broader community development goals.)