Showing entries tagged with: northwest-bronx-resource-center
October 26, 2016
Bronxites Get on the Fast Track for Homeownership with UNHP and Santander Bank
45 Bronx renters attended the UNHP Fast Track Homebuyer Series held over three separate sessions in October of 2016. 15 individuals attended all three sessions and earned a homebuyer education certificate.
August 24, 2016
UNHP launches NYC Rent Freeze Initiative
For most people affordable housing is the housing they live in now. UNHP is expanding our services at the Northwest Bronx Resource Center to include assistance with the NYC Rent Freeze Program for Bronx senior citizens and people with disabilities to help insure that they can continue to remain in their apartments despite fixed and low-incomes.
June 30, 2016
Temperatures Up In The Bronx - But Our Buildings Stay °Cool
Working with Sustainable South Bronx and its partners, UNHP was able to support local employment efforts, seal the roofs on 13 of our affordable housing buildings and reduce building energy consumption through the NYC °CoolRoofs Program.
April 20, 2016
Meet 3 of the 1422
UNHP assisted 1,422 households file their taxes for free this year. 2016 was our 9th tax season and one of the great privileges of offering this service has been able to work with people over the years. Meet three of our returning clients, Nicole, Elle and Patricia.
April 19, 2016
UNHP Homebuyer Expo Offers Certification, Workshops and Special Bank Products
Warm temperatures and sunshine encouraged thirty-four prospective first-time homebuyers to pursue their dream of homeownership by attending the UNHP Homebuyer Expo at Refuge House on Saturday, April 16.
April 5, 2016
New Volunteer Initiatives Bolster UNHP Free Tax Preparation Program
UNHP's Free Tax Preparation Program is in its 9th season and still growing and improving thanks to new partners, increased volunteer efforts and enhanced on-site services.
November 23, 2015
FBCS Daycare Provider Opens New Bronx Business!
Katiuska Morel, a trained and licensed daycare provider with the Fordham Bedford Community Services Early Learn Network, opened her second business, the Larimar Community Center, on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
August 7, 2015
Home for the Summer
Over 50 Bronx residents took the initial steps to learn about homeownership basics, mortgage approval eligibility, credit & savings requirements, closing grants and down payment assistance at two UNHP summer homebuyer events.
June 22, 2015
Un Buen Domingo for 250 Attending Immigration and Financial Services Fair
Friendly, crowded and jam-packed with on-site legal, immigration, and financial services – an apt description of the June 14 Immigration and Financial Services Fair held at Our Lady of Refuge Parish Center on a Sunday (Domingo) afternoon.
April 21, 2015
2015 UNHP Tax Wrap Up
UNHP’s Bronx Free Tax Preparation Program filed taxes for 1,501 people with 1,725 filed returns, trained 84 student volunteers, and delivered $1.9 million dollars of fee-free refunds back to the Bronx.