Affordable Housing
We know that when a family is living in a safe, affordable house, it brings a sense of stability, so that the family can focus on other things, like a child’s education, a parent’s job and the family’s health. Through our affordable housing arm, we work to provide high-quality rental properties and home ownership opportunities by constructing new houses or rehabilitating properties.
Featured Programs
Healthy Homes
Affordable housing is coordinated through Healthy Homes, a nonprofit housing organization and collaboration between Community Development for All People and Nationwide Children’s.
Since 2008, Healthy Homes has impacted more than 730 homes, which includes:
- Full-gut renovations
- New builds with energy efficient and green features
- Grants to current residents through the Home Repair Program
View available homes on the Healthy Homes website.
View Our Healthy Homes Infographic.
Home Repair Program
The Home Repair Program offered by Healthy Homes provides grants to homeowners in the HNHF area to make exterior improvements to their home. Repair items include roofs, windows, doors, porches, siding, painting, gutters, fences, walkways and landscaping. The program encourages residents to stay in their homes for at least three years after the repairs are made.
Learn more about the Home Repair Program on the Healthy Homes website.
The Residences at Career Gateway
The Residences at Career Gateway, located at Whittier Street and Heyl Avenue on the South Side of Columbus, provides 58-units of apartments and townhomes, along with on-site career development training.
Tenants must be earning at or below a certain income level, which is $44,640 a year for a family of four. Classes offered on-site train tenants and other neighborhood residents for specific local job openings and teach skills necessary for success in any position.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s workforce expansion development at Residences at Career Gateway is possible due to being named as a contract awardee in Phase 1 of Fannie Mae’s Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge (The Challenge).
Learn More About Healthy Homes
Contact Gretchen West at (614) 355-0344 or Gretchen.West@NationwideChildrens.org.
The South Side Renaissance Fund
In 2018, the nonprofit Ohio Capital Finance Corporation, an affiliate of Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing, announced the creation of the South Side Renaissance Fund. The $20 million loan fund will provide long-term funding for acquiring, constructing and permanent financing of up to 170 units of multifamily rental housing, serving families with incomes up to 80 percent of area median income, or $67,050 for a family of four.
The fund is made up of a $15 million loan and $5 million in grant funding. It will allow Healthy Homes to expand. The funders include Fifth Third Community Development Corporation, First Financial Bank, First Merchants Bank, Huntington Community Development Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, The Union Bank, The Affordable House Trust for Columbus and Franklin County and Ohio Capital Finance Corporation.
