NKCDC offers a lot of free services. Here are a few of the most popular. Select a category to get started.
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 healthy food and nutrition education 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
Community Driven
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.
Equity Focused
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.
Our Impact
Recent News
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A fond farewell to Bea Rider
Dear partners and friends, As joy often comes with sadness, we are overjoyed that NKCDC’s…
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7 free September events
In September, NKCDC and our partners are offering multiple opportunities for free legal, financial and health advice, from writing your will to clearing a criminal record to beefing up bookkeeping at your small business.
Upcoming Events
Sep 29, 2022 – 12pm
NKCDC Diabetes Prevention
Oct 6, 2022 – 12pm
NKCDC Diabetes Prevention
Oct 12, 2022 – 3pm
Small Business Digital Advertising
Oct 13, 2022 – 12pm
NKCDC Diabetes Prevention
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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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