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30 YEARS OF MEASURABLE RETURNS.

NHS of Queens has grown into a multi-program model serving 14,600 residents in 2024 and expanding further in 2025. Every dollar of donor and public support has produced measurable, public-facing returns for Queens — and for the city and state.

CUMULATIVE : 1994 - 2024

THREE DECADES. THE NUMBERS.

1,15,307

Queens residents directly served

Across counseling, education, housing assistance, workforce, and community programs.

17,097

Counseling sessions delivered

Homebuyer and homeowner counseling sessions across three decades, in English and Spanish.

$148.6M

Mortgage financing secured

Capital deployed directly into Queens housing markets through first-time homebuyer counseling and DPA support.

$88.9M

Social costs prevented

Capital deployed directly into Queens housing markets through first-time homebuyer counseling and DPA support.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

WHAT 30 YEARS OF INTEGRATED PROGRAMMING PRODUCED.

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Homeownership Created

827

First-time homebuyers — LMI families

$6.7M

Down payment assistance distributed

$2.18M

Equity gained by buyers since 2020

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Tenant & Affordable Housing

1,218

Affordable housing applications

961

Residents in rental education

6,508

Cumulative Housing Expo attendees

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Foreclosure Prevention

1,278

Households kept in their homes

804

Homeowners counseled since 2020

$88.9M

Social cost prevented

Energy Efficiency

600

Residents in energy counseling

187

$396,648

Audits & installations completed

Systems cost deployed (2025)

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Workforce Pipeline

2,633

Job placements (LaGuardia Career Ctr.)

4,085

Job referrals processed

207

Workforce dev. participants in 2025

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Digital Literacy

132

Digital literacy graduates

132

260

Computers distributed

Total registered across cohorts

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Food Security

255,878

Meals served to neighbors

6,077

Residents reached

381

Adopt-a-Family households (2025)

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Home Repair Support

200

Homes rehabilitated

$1.27M

$4M+

Total rehab investment deployed

Public funding secured for The Casita

GROWTH TRAJECTORY

FROM RECOVERY TO SCALED IMPACT.

When the pandemic disrupted Queens in 2020, NHSQ stayed open. The years since show a service organization that has not just recovered, but scaled and diversified across every program area — even as community demand has continued to grow.

Individuals Served · Year-Over-Year

9,780

2020

7,000

2021

8,851

2022

4,256

2023

14,600

2024

54,801 individuals served, 2020–2025 (6-year cumulative).

10.314

2025

THE PUBLIC - FINANCE ARGUMENT

EVERY DOLLAR IN NHSQ PRODUCES A PUBLIC COST DOLLAR AVOIDED.

NHS of Queens has prevented an estimated $88.9 million in downstream social costs to New York City and State — costs that would otherwise fall on emergency housing, shelter, healthcare, and child-welfare systems. This is the core public-finance argument for sustaining and expanding NHSQ's capacity.

The Casita is not an organizational expansion request. It is the build-out of capacity that the existing demand has already justified — three decades of measurable, year-over-year evidence.

A HUD-certified nonprofit community development corporation serving Queens, NY. Strengthening neighborhoods and expanding access to safe, stable, affordable housing across the borough since 1994.

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94-33 Corona Avenue Elmhurst, NY 11373
(718) 457-1017

PROGRAMS

Homebuyer Help

Foreclosure Prevention

Tenant Services

Workforce Development

Digital Literacy

Energy Efficiency

Food Security

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