Navigate Affordable Housing Partners

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

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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.

05/26/2026

One of the biggest mistakes? Incomplete documentation.
If it is not documented, reviewers cannot verify compliance.

05/25/2026

Navigate offices will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day as we honor and remember the brave men and women who served our country.

05/22/2026

Woodlawn United does amazing work in the community. We’re proud to support efforts that help residents feel safe, supported, and proud of the place they call home.

05/21/2026

ACTION REQUIRED: Owners/Agents should review HUD’s new EIV-SAVE Tenant Matching Report and complete required actions within 30 days.

Link: https://bit.ly/4qLPtIC

05/21/2026

Nothing says summer like a cookout, bingo, and community at 4 Winds East 🌭☀️

We kicked off the season spending the day celebrating with our residents.