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  • RHCDA Participating in Application for Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Funding

    RHCDA has submitted an application for NSP-2 funding as part of a consortium led by the National Development Council and including the City of St. Louis.  A copy of the completed application can be found on the City of St. Louis website at the following ...
  • Neighborhood Stabilization Program seminar hosted by RHCDA

    Back on April 30th, RHCDA hosted a seminar on one of the federal government's newest and most important housing programs, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, or NSP. This special NSP appropriation will enable states, cities and their partners, includi...
  • Kaid Benfield Praises Old North St. Louis Revitalization

    Kaid Benfield, Director of the Smart Growth Program at the National Resources Defense Council, has once again praised Old North St. Louis revitalization efforts on his blog.  In 2008, he published several blog posts about the ongoing revitalization...
  • RHCDA Announces 2009 Collaborative Awards, CDC Scholarship Opportunities

    RHCDA is pleased to announce its 2009 operating support grant awards under its CDC Capacity Building and Collaborative Grant Program. For 2009, RHCDA is providing grants for operating support to three top performing St. Louis area CDCs, the Emerson Park D...
  • RHCDA Secures Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Three Affordable Housing Developments

    On Friday, December 12, the Missouri Housing Development Commission approved FY 2009 Low-Income Housing Tax Credits for three new affordable housing developments for which RHCDA is either the developer or the development consultant to another nonprofit: ...
  • Affordable Rental Housing Development Finance Group Training Scheduled for January 27, 2009 - January 29, 2009

    RHCDA will be offering a 12-hour group training program on Affordable Rental Housing Development Finance at Harris Stowe State University in March. The group training will be held in 6-hour modules, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., on two separate days, March...
  • RHCDA Holds Crown Square Streetbreaking

    Mayor Francis Slay, 5th ward Alderwoman April Ford Griffin and City Treasurer Larry Williams joined a group of about one hundred people for a ceremonial "Streetbreaking" at Crown Square last Thursday, October 30. Guests were there to witness first-hand ...
  • RHCDA Awards CDC Capacity Building Scholarships

    RHCDA announced today that it has awarded two scholarships to pay 75% of the cost for staff members at local nonprofit community development corporations (CDC's) to attend the Real Estate and Community Development Program at Saint Louis University's Schoo...
  • Affordable For-Sale Housing Development Finance Group Training Scheduled for September 30th - October 2nd

    RHCDA will be offering a 12-hour group training program on Affordable For-Sale Housing Development Finance at Harris Stowe State University next month. The group training will be held in 4-hour modules, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., over the course of thr...
  • RHCDA Announces CDC Capacity Building Scholarship Program

    You work full-time for a St. Louis area CDC, so you know something about real estate development and management. Like most CDC staff, you want to learn more. This is your chance. ...
  • RHCDA Receives $25,000 Grant From National City Bank

    Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance (RHCDA) announced Friday that National City Bank has awarded a $25,000 grant to be paid over three years to the organization for its CDC Capacity Building and Collaborative Grant Program. ...
  • Selecting Your Project Architect

    Your project architect will be one of the first professionals that you engage in the affordable housing development process—and one of the most critical team members. You should carefully evaluate their qualifications and relevant experience before enga...
  • RHCDA'S Predevelopment Loan Fund Secures $5 Million Line of Credit From State Farm®

    As people across the country struggle with financial concerns ranging from increasingly high gas prices, a battered housing market, and a weak economy, local community development organizations aren't exempt from these challenges. Most neighborhood-based ...
  • RHCDA Receives $25,000 Grant from Bank of America

    The Bank of America Foundation has awarded RHCDA a $25,000 grant for our CDC Capacity Building and Collaborative Grant Program. ...
  • Missouri Neighborhood Revitalization Resources Group Training Scheduled for May 29th

    RHCDA's third group training course for 2008 titled Missouri Neighborhood Revitalization Resources will be held on Thursday, May 29th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The class will be held at the Harris Stowe State University southwestern Bell Technology Cent...
  • The Importance of a Great Affordable Housing Development Team (and How to Build One)

    The process of developing affordable housing is a very complex one, with high levels of performance in a variety of disciplines required to achieve success. State housing finance agencies, lenders, and equity investors look hard at the composition of the ...
  • How do neighborhood-based nonprofits get their development projects financed?

    Have you ever wondered how some small neighborhood-based community development organizations in St. Louis get the resources to package a development project for financing? After all, most of them do not have the financial resources available for site asse...
  • Highlights: Group Training Class on Environmental Issues in Older Neighborhoods

    Approximately 25 community development professionals from across the St. Louis region attended a day long group training session on the topic of environmental issues impacting housing development and neighborhood revitalization activities. ...
  • Crown Square Redevelopment Surpasses Minority Inclusion Goals

    The St. Louis American praised RHCDA for surpassing minority inclusion goals for the Crown Square redevelopment in Old North St. Louis.  The entire article can be found here....
  • First Buildings Completed in Crown Square

    Crown Square is part of the ongoing "Crown Village" revitalization initiative RHCDA is undertaking in collaboration with the Old North St. Louis Restoration Group. The project involves the historic rehab of 27 buildings located on the former 14th Street p...

RHCDA is Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance, a nonprofit organization that creates and supports the alliances that make smart, sustainable neighborhood revitalization possible in the St. Louis region.

"Through funding, financing, training, and just plain hard work, RHCDA has made a tremendous difference in our neighborhood.  When we have questions, they're there.  They give amazing advice.  They stick around.  They even come to our annual neighborhood pot luck dinner, covered dishes in hand." 

- Johnnie Owens, Resident, Old North St. Louis Neighborhood