Views from the Northwest Bronx

As part of our 40th Anniversary year, UNHP's Board and Staff toured UNHP affordable housing projects, discussed current and past struggles to preserve decent affordable housing, and enjoyed an Arthur Avenue lunch at the Northwest Bronx Resource Center site office.

On April 27th, UNHP celebrated 40 years of work toward our mission at Serviam Hall in the Bronx with Bronx residents, partners, staff friends, and supporters.

UNHP’s Building Indicator Project, an important tool of the UNHP Multifamily Research and Action Center, has been an essential part of the conversation around the fate of Signature Bank’s multifamily housing portfolio.

Long-time UNHP Board members, John M. Reilly and Joseph P. Muriana share their conversation focused on Bronx community development and their work as valued community partners and members of the UNHP Board.

UNHP honors Joe Muriana for our 40th Anniversary! A Bronxite for the past 50 years, Fordham University administrator, adjunct professor, community organizer, executive director and UNHP Board President, Joe has shared his skills, goodwill, and passion for the Bronx, its people, its educational institutions, housing and businesses through his many years of dedicated service.

2023 marks 40 years since the creation of University Neighborhood Housing Program. It's an exciting milestone and one that we will celebrate and mark throughout the year!

Forty years is an accomplishment for any community organization and one that University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) does not take lightly. Check out the UNHP timeline with pictures and highlights of our history and accomplishments.

UNHP's founding executive director looks back at our creation with the two people who were there at the beginning; Jim Mitchell then Director of BUILD and Brian Byrne a key player from Fordham University. Fordham played a key role in UNHP's creation.

UNHP staff and Bronx residents who are frustrated with NYC affordable housing lottery have come together through a newly formed group called Bronx AHORA to fight for more deeply affordable units, a transparent process, and more free assistance to help housing seekers through the complicated and frustrating process.

On Thursday, January 26th UNHP hosted a lively bilingual zoom called ASK the Banker connecting Bronx residents with Chase Bankers. As UNHP reflects on our 40th anniversary it struck us that UNHP and Bronx residents have been “asking the banker” for more than forty years.