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What is NKCDC?
New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) gives free housing services—like help buying a home, or help paying rent, mortgage, or utilities—to anyone in Philadelphia.
We offer many additional resources to residents and small businesses in the Kensington, Fishtown, and Port Richmond neighborhoods. Connect with a Community Health Worker or support our new meal kit delivery program, Nourish!
OUR MISSION
NKCDC advances social equity & economic empowerment by nurturing and creating opportunities for residents to live in, and actively shape, their neighborhoods of choice.
Our intersecting values
Powered by community
NKCDC believes community development can and should benefit all residents. We draw our inspiration and goals—and our staff and board—from the communities we serve.
Trauma-informed
The stress of poverty, violence, racism, disinvestment, and the opioid epidemic traumatizes individuals and neighborhoods. NKCDC calls on community strengths to face our shared problems. We build networks to bring healing to clients, community members, and staff.
Advancing equity
At NKCDC, racial equity is not a fashion statement—it is a deeply held value and a tool to create lasting change. Equity means we focus on the areas of greatest need and opportunity. Equity means the people impacted by our work lead it.
Recent News
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Upcoming Events
May 26, 2022 – 7pm
ORCA General Meeting
Jun 2, 2022 – 3pm
Virtual ONE STOP Job & Resource Hub
Jun 2, 2022 – 6pm
HCA General Meeting
Jun 4, 2022 – 6pm
SNBL General Meeting
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First-time homebuyers assistance is phenomenal!!! They were very kind and professional!
Adam Malliet
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Make a tax-deductible gift to help NKCDC promote economic development, bring new life to vacant property, create homeownership opportunities for working families, and provide housing counseling and energy assistance to area residents.
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