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We’re thrilled to announce that, together with neighbors and organizations in Palm Beach County, we have formed a solar co-op to save money and make going solar easier while building a network of solar supporters. 

We are part of the co-partnership that sponsors this initiative, together with the League of Women Voters Palm Beach County, Audubon Everglades, Citizen’s Climate Lobby Boca Raton, the City of Boca Raton, City of Boynton Beach, Climate Reality Project-Boca Raton Chapter, City of Delray Beach, Elders Climate Action, Interfaith Justice League, Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition, Sierra Club, Solar and Energy Loan Fund, Southeast Alliance for Clean Energy, South Florida Regional Planning Council Clean Cities Coalition, Temple L’Dor Va-Dor, The Green Corridor and Solar United Neighbors. 

As a group, we are seeking new members to join. We invite you to participate in a virtual information meeting Wednesday, January 27 at 6 pm to educate the Palm Beach County community about solar and the co-op process hosted by Solar United Neighbors.

Residents of the Palm Beach County interested in joining the co-op can sign up at the SolarUnitedNeighbors.org/PalmBeach. The solar co-op is free to join, and joining the co-op is not a commitment to purchase panels. Once the group is large enough, Solar United Neighbors will help the co-op solicit competitive bids from area solar installers. 

Co-op members will select a single company to complete all of the installations. They will then have the option to purchase panels individually based on the installer’s group rate. By going solar as a group and choosing a single installer, members can save off the cost of going solar and have guidance from the experts at Solar United Neighbors.

Thanks for helping us spread the sunny news with your neighbors!

NHSSF is a proud member of the recently announced African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (The Alliance), launched at the 2020 Opportunity Finance Network’s annual conference. This coalition comprises 41 executives of CDFI loan funds representing all 50 States and the District of Columbia. The Alliance pledges to the support and growth of Black communities and the leaders of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) that serve those communities.

The Alliance will support and empower CDFI CEOs to lead and grow their institutional operations, teams, and social impact while also organizing a centralized network for Alliance members’ personal and professional development. The Alliance will also work to advance national change by voicing support for and influencing public policies that respond to the urgent needs of CFDI CEOs, their institutions, and the communities they serve.

“CDFIs are uniquely positioned to address the issues of access-to-capital needs of low-wealth populations and communities,” said Calvin Holmes, The Alliance vice-chair and President of Chicago Community Loan Fund, a CDFI that benefits low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, families, and individuals throughout metropolitan Chicago. “The Alliance is the only organization leveraging African American CDFI CEOs’ decades of expertise, relationships, and intellectual capital to change the odds and the outcomes for African Americans in underserved communities across America.”

NHSSF is one of the only a few community development finance institutions (CDFIs) offering residential mortgages in South Florida, among other financial services. In this capacity, NHSSF can connect low-wealth families to capital, creating an opportunity for individuals and serving a community that both government and private lenders find challenging to reach and serve effectively without NHSSF support. “That’s why we firmly believe that CDFIs resources will be essential for policymakers and local governments towards an economic recovery urgently needed in the near future,” stated Kimberly T. Henderson, President and CEO of Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida.

Find more information about The Alliance at https://aaacdfi.org/.

About the African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (The Alliance)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is a coalition committed to the support and growth of Black communities and the community development financial institutions (CDFIs) that serve those communities. The Alliance is comprised of 41 executives of CDFI loan funds representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We envision a nationally connected, institutionally diverse community of African American CDFI CEOs and their allies working to transform Black economies across the U.S.