2018 Community Impact Report

Dear Friends,

For Community Housing Partners (CHP), 2018 brought a continued focus on what we do best – creating and preserving healthy homes and communities for individuals and families across our six-state footprint. In addition to the impact we made within the communities we serve, 2018 stands out because it marked the completion of the first year of CHP’s 2018-2020 Strategic Plan. Developed in late 2017, CHP’s Strategic Plan lays out a three-year road map focused on four core organizational goals that have, and will always be, most important to us: our customers, our employees, our planet, and our desire to expand our impact. In order to focus on what matters most to CHP and our communities, we set only four key goals:

  • Optimize positive health and quality of life outcomes for our customers by providing healthy homes and quality of life enhancing services to our customers.   
     
  • Be an employer of choice by investing in the success and professional development of every employee.
     
  • Adopt operational practices that reduce our environmental impact by reducing energy and water use in our offices and the homes we build, renovate, and own.
     
  • Balance profitability and asset quality to advance CHP's mission by generating net income to invest in sustainable growth and expanded impact.  

As CEO, President, and Board Chair, we used 2018 as an opportunity to refocus our efforts on these fundamental goals for our organization. We now invite you to explore the visuals and stories within our 2018 Impact Report to learn more about the work we did to achieve our goals. You’ll see and read impact stories as told through our customers and staff. We are honored to have played a role in the lives of these individuals, and we thank you for your ongoing support.

Sincerely,


Janaka Casper
CEO

Jeff Reed
President

John Randolph
Board Chair

 

Strategic Goal 1: Customers

Customers Provided with Stable Rental Housing

11,143

Customers Provided with Stable Rental Housing

Customers Received Resident Services

3,457

Customers Received Resident Services

Customers Prepared for Homeownership

169

Customers Prepared for Homeownership

Strategic Goal 2: Employees

Strategic Goal 3: Environment

Invested in Homes That Meet Green Standards

$48,590,490

Invested in Homes That Meet Green Standards

Homes Built, Preserved, or Weatherized

2,743

Homes Built, Preserved, or Weatherized

Participants Received Energy Efficiency Training

759

Participants Received Energy Efficiency Training

Strategic Goal 4: Financial Strength

As CHP’s total number of units has increased, so has the number of properties and the value of its assets. Over the past decade, CHP has seen steady growth in both, with annual growth rates of 6.7% for properties and 8.3% for the value of its assets.

CHP in Action

Aging in Place

Building Community

Discovery Zone

Launched in 2017, the Discovery Zone after-school program focuses on self-awareness and life skills.
Discovery Zone is available at 15 CHP apartment communities for children in first through sixth grade, including Parkside Garden Apartments.
This is CHP’s first attempt at a curriculum that unifies the nonprofit’s youth program.
In 2018, CHP surveyed youth in the program and found gains in social and emotional learning.
Only 36 percent of youth said they knew steps to make their future better before Discovery Zone. Within six weeks, that figure was 68 percent.
Similarly, 71 percent of youth reported knowing easy ways to show kindness to others prior to Discovery Zone. That number jumped to 83 percent after the program.
“Discovery Zone is a way of opening the minds of youth and giving them a way to grow,” said Diane McElveen, Resident Services Coordinator at Parkside Garden Apartments.
Youth at Lafayette Square Apartments in Williamsburg, Virginia, enjoy Discovery Zone.
Children at Linden Green Apartments in Christiansburg, Virginia, practice their art skills during Discovery Zone.
Youth at Rivermeade Apartments in Yorktown, Virginia, learn about different cultures and countries.
Greenstone on 5th Apartments in Charlottesville, Virginia, is one of more than a dozen CHP communities offering Discovery Zone.
At Lafayette Square Apartments, a William & Mary student assists with Discovery Zone.

Weatherization at Work

NRV Weatherization Impact Infographic

Powered by Innovation

Located in Henrico County just east of Richmond, The Apartments at Kingsridge was CHP’s signature real estate development in 2018. It is an example of the nonprofit’s commitment to innovation:

  • CHP utilized innovative construction techniques to ensure residents live in a sustainable community. In addition to pursuing EarthCraft certification, CHP pioneered an HVAC system that filters the air to near-hospital levels using ducted mini-split Energy Recovery Ventilators.
  • The Apartments at Kingsridge was the first development to enter into an agreement with the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority to accept project-based vouchers from the Creighton Court community in Richmond’s East End.

Read a feature article on the Apartments at Kingsridge.

We Are CHP

Leadership

Management

Janaka Casper, Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Reed, President
Andy Hall, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President

2018 Board of Directors

John Randolph, Past ChairSusan Sisk, ChairAndy MorikawaGerald "Junior" BurrAna CastillaCharles Famuliner, Vice Chair
Keith HayesAndrew McCoyShawn McMahonRacquel ReddieDebbie Sherman-LeeDoug ThompsonKim Thurlow

Thank You

CHP is deeply grateful for the time, services, and resources offered by our supporters. In 2018, CHP had 1,431 volunteers, as well as in-kind and cash donations totaling $1,503,066 from individuals and business partners. Thank you to our supporters, partners, and staff for helping us achieve our mission.