Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

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The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, also known as NeighborWorks America, is a national public/private neighborhood redevelopment organization.

The organization began in 1973 as the Urban Reinvestment Task Force, a joint project of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Home Loan Bank. In 1978, Congress formalized it as the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Its mission is "revitalizing older urban neighborhoods by mobilizing public, private and community resources at the neighborhood level." It began doing business as NeighborWorks America in 2005. The chairman is Thomas J. Curry of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.