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Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to creating affordable housing programs for Buffalo neighborhoods, helping to improve and strengthen the community.
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Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc.
has provided Quality Housing Opportunities since 1998
Heart of the City Neighborhoods (HOCN) has worked together with residents, neighborhood organizations, financial institutions, and real estate professionals to make Buffalo’s core communities a better place to live.
While our original housing programs worked to increase homeownership opportunities, our most recent programming has made an effort to stabilize homeownership through repairing occupied housing, as well as ensuring tenants have increased access to safe, affordable housing opportunities.
Between 1998 and 2025, HOCN’s rehabilitation efforts invested over 36.4 million development dollars in Buffalo’s core communities.
HOCN is designated a New York State designated Neighborhood Preservation Company for the core communities in Buffalo, including the Lower West Side, West Side, Upper West Side, Allentown, Pratt-Willert, Central, MLK Park, Fruit Belt, Elmwood Bryant, and parts of Masten Park, Genesee-Moselle, and Broadway Fillmore communities.
Over the past twenty-seven years, HOCN has created and restored 939 units and provided 1,796 residents with quality, affordable housing. The impact of this work is both immediate and long-term, reaching the community on various levels.
$36.4M
Leveraged and invested in our communities
939
Units of quality affordable housing created and restored
1,796
Residents supported by our programs
News & Media
HOCN's Q2 2026 Commercial Revitalization Updates
July 30, 2026
Heart of the City Neighborhoods continues advancing commercial revitalization efforts across Buffalo's East Side through
HOCN's Q2 2026 Housing Rehabilitation Updates
July 30, 2026
During Q2, HOCN completed rehabilitation work on 22 housing units through New York State-funded housing programs, investing
Calling All Contractors: Learn About our Upcoming Bidding Opportunities
April 20, 2026
New York State’s Empire State Development — through its local nonprofit partner Heart of the City Neighborhoods — is seeking
HOCN Presents on East Side Building Fund at the 2025 Regional Revitalization Partnership Summit
January 7, 2026
Niagara Falls, NY — HOCN's Executive Director Stephanie Simeon was proud to be a featured speaker at the 2025 Regional Revitalization