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More Than a Place to Live: Creating Opportunities for Kids in Our Affordable Housing Communities At NeighborWorks® Boise, affordable housing is about more than providing a home people can afford. We want our affordable housing communities to be places where families feel connected, kids have opportunities to learn and grow, and residents have access to…

  Volunteers are the heart of NeighborWorks® Boise, and recently, one family showed us that distance is no match for a strong commitment to service! Mike and Mimi Klosterman, along with their five adult children and their families, traveled nearly 1,000 miles from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Idaho this summer for their annual family…

For many families, the dream of homeownership can feel distant, but for two Idaho families, that dream is becoming reality. Through Hayden Homes and the First Story program, families have the opportunity to achieve affordable homeownership with no down payment and 0% interest for the life of the loan. In Idaho, that opportunity is made…

It was a great day for Paint The Town™ On Saturday, June 13, approximately 470 volunteers came together to paint and improve 26 homes for seniors, veterans, and neighbors with disabilities across Ada County. From Star to East Boise, volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help preserve safe, stable housing and ensure homeowners could continue living proudly and independently…

A Home Changes Everything. After spending time away from Idaho, Eric and Kelly Russell returned home—only then realizing how much housing costs had changed. As they searched for a place to settle, they found themselves living in a hotel. What was meant to be temporary stretched into nearly four months, quickly draining the savings they…

Morgan Hoffman Realtor, JPAR Live Local For Morgan Hoffman, homeownership is more than a milestone. It is personal. As a Realtor, she sees every day how transformative it can be—and she has lived that experience herself. Morgan remembers a time when her mom was navigating life as a single parent, and how meaningful it was…