Stable housing is vital to individual, family, and community health.
Housing is one of the most impactful investments we can make in our community – it underpins a family’s ability to access food, stay engaged in school, maintain steady employment, and manage their health. When housing is unstable, every other part of life becomes harder to sustain.
As a housing resource for Northern Colorado, Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) meets people where they are – whether they’re experiencing homelessness, working to stay in their current home, or preparing to buy. Our trained housing professionals guide clients through barriers and create personalized plans to help them achieve stable, lasting housing.
Our Mission
The mission of Neighbor to Neighbor is to open doors and advance lives from homelessness through homeownership by providing sustainable housing, supportive services, and education to families and individuals primarily in Larimer County.
We envision communities where everyone has opportunity and access to a stable home because home is the foundation for success.
N2N’s Three Key Service Areas
Our History
Neighbor to Neighbor grew out of a grassroots movement in 1970.
In a neighborhood in northeast Fort Collins, a large family was about to lose their home. Their neighbors joined together and successfully raised enough money to keep the family from becoming homeless. This spirit of giving and compassion led to the founding of N2N. Since then, programs have expanded to meet the growing need for affordable housing and self-sufficiency programs in Larimer County and Northern Colorado, including our HUD-Certified Renter and Home Ownership programs and our Affordable Housing program. Today, N2N serves over 10,000 individuals each year.
We Choose To Include: Our Commitment To Diversity
We strive to create safe spaces where our neighbors are free to be their full, authentic selves. We are committed to providing full access to our housing stability services to communities of color and underserved communities.
If you have a suggestion related to N2N’s diversity and inclusion efforts, please contact N2N’s Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee via N2N Executive Director Kelly Evans.
Race Equity Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Committee
Ensures N2N remains mindful of cultural values, race, equity, diversity, and inclusion as related to all aspects of operations, including:
Neighbor to Neighbor is committed to providing full access to our housing stability services and to creating safe spaces where our neighbors are free to be their full, authentic selves. For further information, please see our Non-Discrimination Policy and Grievance Policy.
Recent Awards
Acknowledging The History of This Land
Neighbor to Neighbor recognizes and acknowledges the land we occupy and the people who originally called this place home. Long before white people claimed this land as Colorado, others had claimed it as home. Tribes such as Ute, Apache, Comanche, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Lakota, Shoshone, and Pawnee lived in this region and many of their descendants remain here today.
We acknowledge the wrongs committed to the groups before us. We acknowledge the lives we live today, are different because thousands of people and families were killed, ripped apart, forced to move, enslaved, and had their homes destroyed by atrocities such as the Sand Creek Massacre. We remember the broken treaties made when they no longer served white people. We acknowledge this history and we choose to be educated. We choose to be good neighbors. We choose to fight injustice. We choose to not repeat the patterns of injustice and to bring good, not harm, as long as we live on this land. We choose to work for housing equity and opportunity for all.
