However, a review of home loan data through vendors such as CEE or NHS does not provide a complete picture of NRP housing expenditures. As stated in the 2006 Nesse & Lukermann study on NRP, “the single-family home improvement loan programs are only a small part of the activities of neighborhoods” (p. 18).

We also reviewed contract data from the NRP Database for all 2,414 NRP contracts from 1993 to the present. We reviewed the contract descriptions to identify housing contracts that were identified as specifically for low-income, renters, or specific populations such as homeless youth, American Indian Elders, and others. A quick review of NRP contracts from the years 1993 to 2019 shows almost $30 million in 132 NRP Phase I and Phase II contracts directed to multi-family, low-low-income, and special needs populations.

Examples of the types of projects not accounted for in CURA’s research include the following:

• $450,000 to the Indigenous Peoples Task Force to develop housing for American Indian individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS.
• $453,053 in contracts to build and support Bii Di Gain Dash Anwebi Elder Housing for American Indian elders.
• $1,314,922 to Bridge for Runaway Youth, Youthlink, and Barnabas Housing LLP to construct, expand and provide services for homeless youth.
• Numerous contracts for Block Nurse programs, designed to help Seniors and people with disabilities to continue to stay in their homes.
• Numerous contracts including provisions for loan programs to provide accessibility improvements for homeowners with disabilities.

A more complete list of these contracts is attached as Appendix A.