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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

community impact:

In 2009, CHP:

• Educated and trained 3,562 people on affordable housing, energy efficiency and other issues of sustainability at 119 venues across the United
States and Canada

• Acquired 192 units of affordable rental housing

• Rehabilitated 37 units and constructed 68 new
units of affordable multifamily rental housing

• Provided weatherization services (846 multi-family
units and 667 single-family units), heating and cooling assistance (378 units), or emergency home repairs (155 units) to over 1,500 families

• Conducted 1,934 Energy Audits

• Helped 29 families become first-time homeowners,
including 12 families who purchased CHPdeveloped
single-family homes

• Provided homebuyer and financial literacy education to 88 families

• Provided pre-purchase counseling to194 families

• Delivered 58,959 units of resident service programming to our residents

• Prevented 168 evictions through our CHP Resident Services Eviction Prevention Program

redefining affordable housing

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Community Housing Partners (CHP) is a 501(c)(3) community
development corporation that serves the needs of low-wealth and low-income individuals and families in the southeast. Our mission is to create affordable, green, sustainable housing opportunities and services for the people and communities we serve.

Since 1975, CHP has served over 206,000 people, including senior citizens, women and children in transition, formerly homeless people, single female heads-of-household, the chronically mentally ill, and other individuals of low-income and low-wealth.

Our activities include sustainable development, architectural design, construction, energy services, homeownership facilitation, and housing management. These efforts, in concert with public and private partnerships, enable us to create and sustain communities of choice that promote vitality in neighborhoods, foster wealth-building for individuals, and contribute to a better environment for future generations.