Navigate Affordable Housing Partners

06/04/2026

This week’s features Vickie Bell, who has an important announcement. Plus, Navigate’s trainers discuss how teams can stay ahead of compliance challenges.

06/04/2026

Safe housing starts with real repairs that help real people.

Our new Bessemer case study highlights how the Emergency Housing Repair Program helped residents address critical home repair needs and remain safer at home.

Through local partnership and community development work, the program supported urgent repairs that improve housing stability, protect residents, and strengthen neighborhoods.

Read the case study: https://bit.ly/4fqRzLI

06/03/2026

🍧☀️ Serving up a cool start to summer.

Navigate is excited to partner with KONA ICE of Birmingham
to help students at Washington K-8 and South Hampton K-8 celebrate the end of the school year and kick off summer break.

From favorite flavors to big smiles, it was a great day spent with students and the community.

06/03/2026

Performance-Based Contract Administrators offer resources for property owners and management teams. Through guidance, training, and ongoing assistance, they help navigate complex program requirements.

This matters because with the right support, properties can operate confidently leading to better outcomes for both teams and residents.

Navigate Affordable Housing Partners streamlines federal contracting, ensuring efficient Section 8 PBRA management for HUD.

06/02/2026

Strong files. Fewer findings.
Watch this week's for simple ways to stay ahead of compliance challenges.

06/01/2026

📊 A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts highlights an increasingly popular tool cities are using to tackle the housing affordability crisis: preapproved building plans.

Local governments approve a reusable set of blueprints in advance, then make them available to developers for free or a nominal fee. Builders skip the lengthy, case-by-case permitting process and break ground faster. This leads to faster timelines, lower costs, and more homes.

A growing number of mostly small and midsize cities struggling with new housing production have begun providing preapproved building plans to developers as part of a broader effort to lower the cost of building new homes in their communities. A preapproved plan is a reusable set of design specificat...

05/29/2026

As the school year wraps up, we're proud to celebrate a milestone moment for our community partners at Washington K-8 in Titusville, Alabama! This year, Washington K-8 earned recognition as a CLAS School of Distinction for its Community Clubs program — and made significant gains on the Alabama State Report Card.

Through our partnership, Navigate Gives Back has helped expand opportunities for extracurricular activities like athletics. Since we started our efforts to remove financial barriers for families and students, participation in athletics has tripled! We look forward to continuing our partnership with Washington K-8.

Booker T. Washington K-8 students celebrate academic turnaround after statewide recognition, highlighted by Gov. Ivey during her State of the State address.

05/28/2026

𝗛𝗨𝗗 𝗢𝗜𝗚: 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

Scammers target people seeking housing assistance. Property teams, residents, and applicants can help by reporting suspected fraud and sharing trusted resources.

Verify before you click, pay, or share personal information. Learn More: https://bit.ly/4dDb8Pz

05/27/2026

Fixing an issue once is good. Keeping it from coming back is better. Clear standards and routine quality checks reduce repeat findings! Read→ http://bit.ly/49pIoXW

05/27/2026

Performance-Based Contract Administrators monitor compliance to keep affordable housing programs aligned with HUD requirements. By conducting reviews, overseeing reporting, and tracking property performance, they help maintain program integrity.

The result is housing that protects residents, preserves funding, and operates fairly.