By Dianne Anderson In these tight money times, two of the biggest hurdles for first-time homebuyers are qualifying for financing, and getting enough money to start the home-buying process. Felicia Brown-Smith said the local Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire (NHSIE) helps with both. Their nonprofit is paving the way to close the wealth ...

By Ebone Monet California Black Media  African American developers across California are worried about a rule change the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is considering.  The regulation proposes a new requirement that developers have more experience before becoming eligible for contracts awarded from a $4 billion fund set up to construct housing ...

The City of Long Beach, in partnership with its nonprofit affiliate, The Long Beach Community Investment Company (LBCIC), and development partner AMCAL Multi-Housing, Inc. (AMCAL), recently celebrated the groundbreaking of Las Ventanas, a 102-unit affordable housing development in midtown Long Beach. “Las Ventanas is the third affordable housing development to begin construction in 2019 and ...

The City of Long Beach, in partnership with the Long Beach Community Investment Company (LBCIC) and LINC Housing Corporation (LINC), celebrated the groundbreaking of The Spark at Midtown (The Spark), a 95-unit affordable housing development in Midtown Long Beach. “Long Beach’s efforts to address and expand affordable housing opportunities across all parts of the City ...

By Dianne Anderson Since starting 17  years ago, the nonprofit Time For Change has broadened its scope to help more women and children escape deep cycles of poverty. So far, the organization has trained and empowered 1,200 women to independence, and reunited 282 children out of foster care with their moms. Vanessa Perez, who started ...

Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems—with 39 hospitals and over 400 care centers—joined community leaders in San Bernardino to celebrate the success of the first two phases of the Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization project and funding for the third phase. The Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization project addresses the long-standing need for affordable ...