The Housing Partnership helps hard-working families and individuals -- struggling to make ends meet in today's high-cost housing market. Our mission is to strengthen communities by providing quality affordable housing and related services to benefit low and moderate-income residents of the Greater Seacoast. We believe a secure future begins at home.

Description:
The Housing Partnership provides the following services:
-- development of rental housing, including rehabilitation and new construction, for low and moderate income households (including neighborhood revitalization projects)

-- transitional housing for homeless families

-- inter-agency collaboration to house persons with special needs

-- first-time home buyer training

-- housing information and referral

-- systems advocacy and public education

History:
The Housing Partnership was created by the Seacoast United Way Affordable Housing Task Force in 1988, in response to the shortage of affordable housing. Since then, we have acquired, rehabilitated/built 227 units of affordable housing. We currently supervise management of 162 apartments in ten Seacoast communities including Dover, Eliot, Exeter, Farmington, Lee, Newmarket, Rochester, Rollinsford, Rye, and South Berwick.

In 2000, we expanded our work beyond "bricks and mortar" to include the first-time homebuyer education program, Homeward Bound, (open to the public).

The Housing Partnership was also instrumental in forming the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast. This group of business, government and community groups advocates for the responsible increase in regional workforce housing, believing there is a link between the availability of diverse housing options and economic vitality.

Contact people:

Monica Lane, Administrative Assistant, (phone), (email) Trish Murtagh, Development Coordinator, (phone), (email) Dick Ingram, Executive Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

1555 Islington Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 (See a map)

Directions:

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Miscellaneous Information

Name of Executive Director (or equivalent) if not listed above:
	Dick Ingram
Type of organization
	Nonprofit 501(c)3
Is your organization a Health and Human Service agency?
	Yes

Overall Experience   
Volunteer Turned Intern Turned Staff

Initially I was impressed by the mission and the achievements of this organization. My interaction with the executives and staff, through my volunteer experience, was very positive. I was then able to complete an academic internship with the organization which resulted in my being offered a permanent position-I gladly accepted. I am proud to be a part of an organization whose goals and activities focus on the very important issue of affordable housing. posted by pmurtagh on October 25, 2004