Mission Statement:

The mission of the Community Housing Resource Center is to provide and support affordable housing choices in underserved communities.

Who we Serve:

The Community Housing Resource Center directly serves:

• Low-income individuals, primarily seniors and disabled adults with housing problems, and communities that are not served by traditional markets.
• Design professionals by providing opportunities for public interest work.
• the University system and community-based organizations by providing service learning opportunities.

• The housing market and greater community through innovative design and program delivery.
• Urban dwellers that are impacted by the growth in our communities.

Introduction:

The Community Housing Resource Center (CHRC) supports balanced community revitalization in Georgia through direct service, technical assistance, the provision of information, and technical services. The CHRC utilizes funding from public institutions, private foundations, and individuals and draws on the time, skills, and energy of many hardworking volunteers.

A 1994 Atlanta Project survey of Atlanta's community groups identified five community needs: neighborhood organizing, financing, housing counseling, communication/network-building and organizational development. In order to meet those needs, the Community Housing Resource Center, Inc. (CHRC) was formed in September of 1994 through a collaboration of Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and the Atlanta Project.

The CHRC was born out of the recognition that a severe disconnect exists between community groups and organizations and the resources that are available to them. No organization in the metropolitan Atlanta area provided the support and resources to help these groups bridge this formidable gap. While not a "one-stop-shop" in meeting the needs and concerns of every group that comes through our doors, the CHRC set out to be a "first-stop-shop" where the needs of an organization could be matched with and directed to existing resources.

As Georgia, particularly the Atlanta region, has grown and changed so have the programs and services of the CHRC. Our strategic approach continues to focus on the two most important aspects of a community -- houses and people. We now have expanded into direct service programs aimed at impacting the deterioration of the housing stock, building the leadership and capacity of start-up community based movements, and public policy work. Today the CHRC is well equipped to achieve its mission of supporting balanced community revitalization through a host of innovative programs including:

• Design/Build Service
• Home Repair Program
• Neighborhood Development Internship Project
• YouthBuild Program

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