New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
NOAHH is working to eliminate poverty housing in New Orleans. We are doing this through a combination of programs: our first time home buyer program and our affordable rentals that cost no more than 30% of income. We rent to those making no more than 80% of average median income.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
First Time Home Buyer Program
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity's programs include single-family homebuilding projects. Volunteers contribute the vast majority of the construction labor, keeping costs as low as possible. Qualified "partner families" contribute 350 hours of "sweat equity" or their own labor to the construction of Habitat homes. House sponsors donate the full cost of buildng the homes, and the houses are then sold to the families at cost, with no profit and no interest 15-30 year mortgages. Mortgage payments are used for the construction of future Habitat homes.
Habitat Home Repair
Habitat Home Repair is a home repair service for low income home owners. Many of these clients are elderly or disabled but this is not a program requirement.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Habitate for Humanity Mid America 1984
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Secure additional FHLB banking partner for SNAP grants
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Habitat Home Repair
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We worked in 2021 to add a new partner which was added in 2022.
Triple number of ABWK and SNAP home repair program projects by 2023.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Indigenous peoples, Multiracial people, People of African descent, People of Asian descent, People of European descent
Related Program
Habitat Home Repair
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Annual number of home repair projects completed.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
NOAHH is working to eliminate poverty housing in New Orleans. We are doing this through a combination of programs: our first time home buyer program and our affordable rentals that cost no more than 30% of income. We rent to those making no more than 80% of average median income.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
NOAHH is working to eliminate poverty housing in New Orleans. We are doing this through a combination of programs: our first time home buyer program and our affordable rentals that cost no more than 30% of income. We rent to those making no more than 80% of average median income.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Since its incorporation in 1983, New Orleans Habitat has built over 630 homes and remediated over 200 more in the New Orleans area. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, NOAHH built 10-12 homes a year. Currently, NOAHH builds 25-30 homes a year. NOAHH has had a $307,000,000 impact on the economy of New Orleans* between 2006 and 2012.
New Orleans Habitat’s Musicians’ Village consists of 72 single-family homes, five elder friendly duplexes, a toddler-friendly pocket park and the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. 80% of the homes in Musicians’ Village Core Site house musicians.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
Board of directorsas of 01/18/2024
Ms. Ann Clayton Chamberlain
Methodist Health System Foundation
Term: 2022 - 2024
Robert Eustis
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Methodist Health System
Chris Ferris
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Tyler Nichols
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Kevin Ferguson
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.