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NSPIRE is the new National Standard for physical inspections of real estate. The model focuses on health and safety, functional defects and improving the quality of life for residents. The inspections focus on 3 areas: the unit, inside the building and outside the building. Below are the latest results for Church Housing Corp. properties.

Episcopal House (Phoenixville): 94 score from December 2024

Park Row (Upland): 89 score from January 2025

Happy Holidays from the CHC family!

Celebrating our favorite holiday at CHC properties!

Every year since the founding of the company, Church Housing Corp. celebrates Thanksgiving with all of our residents. Our staff cooks and serves at all the locations. This year was no exception - the staff started cooking the day before every event and came in early to start the remaining food and wow was it delicious! Some staff even added their family traditions to the event! Fun was had by all the attended.

In addition, we added a special board presentation to an outstanding resident that embodies the CHC values.

Church Housing Corp. holds COVID-19 Clinics onsite for its residents!

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Spring planting at St. Peter's Place in Phoenixville.

The CHC staff visits the latest construction site of Pinckney Hill Commons in West Chester, PA.

Pinckney Hill Commons Breaks Ground

December 2020 - We are excited to announce that our latest initiative, Pinckney Hill Commons, started construction in West Chester, PA. See the latest article.

St. Peter's Place Celebrates 35 years

In October 2020, we celebrated 35 years since our first building opened its doors to seniors. In honor of the event, we held a socially distancing ice cream gathering in the parking lot.

December 2020 - Pinckney Hill Commons Groundbreaking

Jefferson Place celebrates 20 years! Our homeless and special needs housing celebrated 20 years of serving the community on December 5th, 2018. CHC is excited to see what the next 20 years has in store for Jefferson Place as we continue our mission of providing affordable, safe special needs housing in Chester County. (Dec 2018)

Episcopal House: Celebrated 15 years of service providing housing to low income seniors in Phoenixville, PA. The celebration took place on October 4th 2018. The celebration included the following speakers, Phoenixville's Major Peter Urscheler, Executive Director Kathryn Evans, Site Manager Justine Nieves and Social Service Coordinator Bethany Piccone. During the speeches our speakers recognized and thanked all of the staff and residents for their dedication to the building throughout it's years of service. (October 2018)

On January 24, 2020, Kathryn Evans, Executive Director, along with U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan were part of a roundtable discussing the shortage of affordable housing in Chester County. U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan announced her recent cosponsorships around increasing affordable housing in Chester County and complimented Kathryn and the rest of the Phoenixville Affordable Housing Task Force on their proactive, progressive approach to the issue.

St Peter's Place received a rating of 98b from our recent REAC. What does this mean? On an annual basis, HUD will do an inspection of the property. There are only a few buildings that receive this high rating. Church Housing Corp is very excited of this rating and it shows how we focus on providing buildings that the residents are proud to call home! (January 2020)

Church Housing Corp will break ground on a new building in West Chester in the summer of 2020. Church Housing is working closely with the Charles A. Melton Arts and Education Center to build 10 townhouses and 41 apartments in West Chester. Click here for the latest article on this exciting initiative!

In October 2019, Kathryn, our Executive Director, was recognized for her public service by the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes honored four women from Chester County in its 30th Annual Salute to Women of Achievement.

The 2019 Salute to Women of Achievement honorees are: Maryanne Parsons, President, Partners in Outreach; Sandra L. Knapp, Partner, Gawthrop Greenwood, Attorneys at Law; Dr. Karen Pinsky, Chief Quality Officer, Chester County Hospital; Kathryn Evans, Executive Director, Church Housing Corporation.

Kathryn Evans provides her favorite recipe in the recent article.

Check out Kathryn Evans in the video from the Phoenixville Affordable Housing Task Force.

In December 2017, Kathryn Evans, CHC Executive Director, received the Landlord Excellence Award from The Housing Authority of the County of Chester.

In a recent federal mandated physical building inspection, Episcopal Place at Park Row received a score of 92% out of 100%. (2018)