At NKCDC, we believe that community development can and should benefit all residents.
New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) provides free housing counseling to anyone in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and offers many additional resources to residents and businesses in the Kensington, Fishtown, and Port Richmond neighborhoods.
We use a strategic combination of real estate development, community engagement, and people-centered direct services to ensure all of our neighbors can remain—and thrive—where they choose to live. Whether we are building affordable housing or helping residents build their wealth, we pledge to promote equity, stability, and safety in all we do, with a sharp focus on those most at-risk of being displaced.
Annual Report
In 2020, timely rental assistance kept 90 Kensington residents in their homes. NKCDC housing advisors helped 440 Philadelphians buy their first home. And a partnership with Rebuilding Together Philadelphia completed its 80th healthy home repair in Kensington.
Strategic Plan
We believe neighborhood development can and should benefit all our neighbors.
That was the vision that grabbed NKCDC’s Board of Directors in 2019, and it is the vision we carry into our next years of work under a new strategic plan.
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.
Community Survey
Every three years NKCDC takes a survey of Kensington to learn how residents are thinking and feeling about their neighborhood.
Staff & Board
With more than 30 full-time and 15 part-time employees, NKCDC staff bring resources to local businesses and residents—and provide housing services across Philadelphia.
Community History
Fishtown was once Kensington, and Kensington was once “the workshop of the world.” NKCDC has worked in the community since 1985. We are a proud member of NeighborWorks America, a congressionally chartered national network.
Partners & Funders
We couldn’t do half our work without the support of a whole community of partners and funders.
Annual Report
In 2020, timely rental assistance kept 90 Kensington residents in their homes. NKCDC housing advisors helped 440 Philadelphians buy their first home. And a partnership with Rebuilding Together Philadelphia completed its 80th healthy home repair in Kensington.