Community Housing Initiatives

Description

Community Housing Initiatives works to improve neighborhoods and communities through the development and preservation of high quality housing. We are also focused on working with local neighborhood residents in central Iowa with achieving priorities on their neighborhood plans.

Our Resident and Community Services Department was developed in 2006. Under our Resident Services branch we offer residents of our housing projects the sponsorship of social events, health and wellness activities, service coordination of social services for specific needs, and programs focused on youth. CHI has housing projects across Iowa in many locations and Resident Services is available for every housing property we own.

We recently joined a collaboration with other organizations to support the revitalization efforts of 3 urban core neighborhoods in Des Moines. We serve as both a member of the steering committee and project management team to ensure the priorities and goals for each neighborhood are met. Our focus areas address neighborhood priorities in housing, youth services, and resident capacity building. CHI works with many volunteers at the local level to not only accomplish our strategic goals, but to also ensure we are making a strong positive impact for the areas we serve.