Facts

Mission: To promote safe, quality, and affordable working class housing in North Texas.

Purpose: The North Texas Housing Coalition (NTHC) facilitates construction and homeownership for low-to-moderate income working families and individuals.

NTHC Initiatives:

The Homeownership Center (THC) works to increase the level of successful homeownership among households in North Texas by providing effective and comprehensive preparation through counseling, training and education.
Educates the community on working class/affordable housing with quarterly seminars and the annual Housing Summit.
Supports funding and initiatives to help increase affordable, working class housing through city bond funding, general funds/federal dollars for down payment assistance and staff support and the State of Texas Housing Trust Fund.
Coordinates the local With Ownership Wealth (WOW) program of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Founded: 1992

Contact: Albert Martin, Executive Director
2900 Live Oak Street, Second Floor
Dallas, TX 75204
(214) 946-3500
Brandon Gallop Rice, Public Relations Director
(214) 514-3946

Accomplishments:

In 1998, hosted the first Affordable Housing Summit in North Texas. In 2009 we will be hosting the 10th annual Housing Summit.
Changed name from the Dallas Affordable Housing Coalition (DAHC) to the North Texas Housing Coalition (NTHC), expanding the reach of the organization.
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson named NTHC as the coordinator for the local efforts of With Ownership Wealth (WOW), a program of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to encourage minority homeownership.
Launched The Homeownership Center (THC) to increase the level of successful homeownership among households in North Texas by providing effective and comprehensive preparation through counseling, training and education.
Hosts the “10 Weeks to Homeownership – WOW” program, geared to first-time homebuyers to help prepare them to purchase a home within or immediately after completing the program.
Leads the Dallas Homeownership Preservation Enterprise Partnership (HOPE). HOPE aims to reduce the number of foreclosures in the North Texas region by providing free phone counseling through non-profit intermediaries affiliated with HOPE.
Instituted as a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) certified homebuyer-counseling agency.
Approved as a Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP) homebuyer- counseling agency through The Enterprise Foundation.