Home HeadQuarters is a non-profit neighborhood and housing development organization and certified Community Development Financial Institution who, since 1996, has helped more than 3,500 families become first-time homebuyers; provided nearly 10,000 homeowners with $105 million in home improvement loans and grants, and developed more than 800 formerly vacant properties. Home HeadQuarters is the leading home improvement lender to families of color living in Syracuse, out lending all other financial institutions combined. The organization is a chartered member of NeighborWorks America, the country’s first designated Community Based Development Organization and is recognized nationally for its innovative loan products for homebuyers, local contractors and "Mom & Pop" landlords that are unable to borrow from traditional lenders.