Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, providing quality, stable housing was elevated to a foundational need amidst the uncertainties. Our team worked with partners across the community to stabilize rent for our tenants, offer covid prevention strategies, and reduce evictions and displacements. Our board chair led efforts to provide “Kid Craft Kits” and holiday bags for seniors at our properties—including homemade cookies and cocoa—to ensure they knew NWAK cared and was looking out for them.
Our HomeOwnership Center created 241 first-time homebuyers and offered 455 clients counseling and education services.
For the third time, NWAK partnered with the Russian Jack Community Council to host a “Community Impact Measurement Survey” to collect resident feedback regarding community engagement, resident satisfaction, service delivery quality, perceptions of safety, and block and property data. This informed our community engagement efforts in the community going forward.