affordable housing education and development

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Affordable Housing, Education and Development (AHEAD) Inc. is a community-based housing development organization dedicated to strengthening families by helping them build and preserve assets for the future. We understand that stable families, and particularly homeowners, are the backbone of a vital community and that safe, warm affordable homes, family resources, and financial assets are essential tools for strengthening families and communities. Since 1991, AHEAD has lived its mission by providing safe, affordable rental housing, family support and financial education to thousands of rural northern New Hampshire families residing in Coös and northern Grafton Counties. We are governed by a ten-member board of Directors and have a staff of seven full-time professionals.

In 1998 AHEAD became a chartered member of NeighborWorks® America, which is a national non-profit organization created by Congress in 1978 to provide technical support and training for community-based revitalization efforts. AHEAD part of a network of 240 similar organizations across the country who are chartered members of NeighborWorks® America.

AHEAD currently owns and operates 273 units of affordable multifamily rental housing in nine northern New Hampshire communities. We contract out 51 units to a third-party management company, Stewart Property Management, and the remainder of our units are managed by AHEAD Property Management. We develop an average of 10 new affordable rental housing units per year using a combination of new construction and substantial rehabilitation.

AHEAD’s Mission:

AHEAD’s mission is to be the premier provider of quality affordable rental housing, financial education, and homeownership opportunities in northern New Hampshire.