Providing Good Homes For Families
Nazareth Housing Development Corporation is a faith inspired, 501 (c) (3) non-profit, community housing developer engaged in the planning, development, and construction of single family homes. It was inspired by Bishop Anthony M. Pilla and guided by the pastors of St. Hillary, St. Vincent, St. Sebastian, and Immaculate Conception Catholic Churches. NHDC was incorporated in September 1999 and recognized by the State of Ohio as a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) in September 2002. Nazareth’s first ground breaking took place on August 21, 2002 and since then Nazareth has built or rehabbed almost 25 houses. Nazareth works across all faith communities.
At Nazareth Housing, we strive to understand each individual family’s specific housing needs and to revitalize the neighborhood communities in which we build. Nazareth endeavors to foster a diverse environment in which the differences and talents of all persons with whom we work, partner, and serve are essential to our success. We collaborate with local vendors, subcontractors, local financial institutions, County of Summit and the City of Akron to keep the cost of homes affordable. We create value in housing by successful business relationships, adhering to tight construction processes to keep costs down, building homes that are of excellent quality, and by listening to the specific needs of each family.
Our Mission
Nazareth Housing Development Corporation exists to encourage, facilitate, and develop housing for low and moderate-income families in Summit County.
The efforts and offerings of the Nazareth Housing Development Corporation are provided in a manner that supports and encourages self respect, dignity, and self-sufficiency among those served.
Our Vision
Our vision is that all people will live in housing that is adequate to their needs, affordable to their incomes, and satisfying to their pride.
Our vision is that by eliminating blighted and inadequate housing and replacing it with safe, well constructed, new and rehabilitated homes, we will be planting the seeds that will help give rebirth and revitalization to those neighborhoods affected.
Our vision is that those neighborhoods will become the seeds that revitalize the city and county, by revitalizing and re-energizing the people who have been helped.
Our dream is that those people, revitalized now by the satisfaction of one of humanity’s most basic needs, housing, will themselves dream…and reach their full potential as human beings.
Why Choose Nazareth?
There are many superb reasons to work with Nazareth Housing to purchase your first home. The first, of course, is the large amount of assistance with down payment dollars that Nazareth is able to offer. Here are a few more:
- Nazareth is a faith-inspired non-profit whose mission is to help low to moderate income people with affordable housing
- If you complete your work early enough, Nazareth is able to provide you with the opportunity to make many choices, so that your home is the way you like it
- Our homes are built or rehabbed with high quality and affordability by local contractors and suppliers.