The Chester County Department of Community Development has received an Award of Excellence from the National Association for County Community and Economic Development (NACCED) for the creation of its Affordable Housing Developer Collaborative.

The award, announced at the NACCED conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, was presented to Chester County, citing the efforts of the county's Partnership to End Homelessness initiative to bring together property developers and organizations to find ways to create more affordable housing options.

As the award announcement noted, "Chester County's Affordable Housing Developer Collaborative brought together regional groups to address geographically-specific needs, leading to new partnerships with property developers, nonprofits and municipalities to discover opportunities (for affordable housing) that otherwise may have been dismissed."

In 2022, the Chester County commissioners pledged a commitment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's House America initiative, with a goal of adding 1,000 affordable units in the county over 10 years.

To read more about the housing support programs in Chester County and the Chester County Partnership to End Homelessness, visit http://www.chesco.org/housing.