Coalition For Nonprofit Housing And Economic Development

Since its inception in 2000, CNHED has grown from 55 membership organizations to nearly 180 today. At CNHED, our strength stems from our ability to convene across sectors. We listen, interpret, and innovate. Our working groups bring together practitioners, residents, elected officials, and others to discuss the challenges District communities face, providing vital insights as we brainstorm comprehensive strategies to address these challenges. Collaborating with community partners, residents, and local government, we then work to design and implement holistic, systems change solutions around those strategies. Our holistic systems-change approach encompasses research, data analysis, public policy, advocacy, community engagement, organizational capacity building, technical assistance, information sharing, and various direct-impact programmatic initiatives in the areas of affordable housing and homelessness prevention, small business ecosystem building, minority- and women-owned small business support, workforce development, resident agency and engagement, and the green economy. CNHED’s organizational members include nonprofit and for-profit affordable housing developers, housing counseling and service agencies, community economic development organizations, small businesses, workforce and business development entities, lenders, intermediaries, and government agencies.