Mission: Red River CHDO’s mission is to grow opportunities for low income people and the communities they call home by developing quality affordable housing and supporting community development.
Who We Are
The Red River Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, serving Region IV (Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, and Walsh Counties), that seeks ways to aggregate needs and solutions to bring more funding and more development to the region. We are led by a volunteer board of directors representing low income, public, and private representation. Our operations are primarily self-funded, using developer fees as a primary source for funding.
What We Do
- Develop single family and multi-family housing
- Partner with communities
- Partner with other developers and builders
- Partner with service providers
- Package multiple financing sources
- Access gap funding
- Study housing needs in the region
- Assist communities in identifying solutions to meet their unique needs
- Share the stories of rural communities with policy makers
2024 Housing Study
The region’s housing challenges are characterized by an aging and limited housing stock and sluggish rate of new construction. This is especially apparent in rural areas of Region IV.
To accommodate a growing population and need for more workforce housing, rural areas will need to add nearly 4,800 new housing units by 2030 to keep up with demand.
The Spark Building Initiative
The Red River Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) initiated its Spark Building Initiative in 2024. Spark Building is focused on sparking new construction of single family for sale homes in small towns that have historically struggled with inactivity. Red River CHDO is taking the speculative nature of new home construction out of the way for contractors to encourage them to take a risk on small town new construction.
Housing Rehab
Using federal, private, and local dollars, the housing rehab program managed by the Red River Regional Council assists qualifying low and moderate-income residents with health and safety issues in their homes at no cost to the homeowner. The goals include assisting homeowners in the rehabilitation of their homes they would unlikely have been able to afford otherwise.
"I can stand at my kitchen sink and not feel the wind come through the windows. I’m so happy I noticed the ad in the paper announcing the housing rehabilitation program."
Yolanda Balderas
Homeowner
