Urban Homesteading Assistance Board Case Solution
Thirty years after its foundation in 1973, New York City's Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) found itself at a crossroads. The nonprofit, church-related organization that had long-supplied renters with help in renovating abandoned properties and converting them into cooperatives, UHAB was under pressure to adjust to a changing business climate, as the number of tax-foreclosed, city-owned properties declined in a resurgent New York City.
Moreover, UHAB, led by exactly the same executive director for more than 20 years, faced tensions between an idealistic, semi-autonomous staff and the needs and want of public contracts with requirements that certain tasks to be finished in an economical way that was measurably unfeasible. As UHAB entered its fourth decade, a brand new chief operating officer must address its programmatic and managerial challenges, such that its idealism and individualism could co-exist with sound business practice. HKS Instance Amount 1711.0
PUBLICATION DATE: October 01, 2003
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