Restore Neighborhoods

What Restore Neighborhoods does

Restore Neighborhoods (RNLA) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit affordable housing developer founded in 2009. The organization specializes in smaller-scale residential infill development, with a particular focus on infill sites, bungalow courts, and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), and operates with 11-50 employees. Its service portfolio comprises six interconnected offerings delivered as a single unified capability: Affordable Home Ownership, Permanent Supportive Housing for the formerly homeless, Smaller-Scale Residential Infill Development, Owner's Representative Services, Full Service Construction, and ADUs. To date, RNLA reports it has created more than 200 affordable homeownership opportunities and is currently developing over 150 units of permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles.

The company's core technology and operating capability is real estate development and construction management — acquiring and rehabilitating distressed or underutilized land, building compact and dignified housing typologies suited to LA's infill context, and providing owner's-representative and construction services. There is no software platform, API, or proprietary technology disclosed; the offering is services-led. The business model is hybrid: a nonprofit combination of (a) government grant funding won through competitive housing challenges (City of LA HHH Housing Innovation Challenge, County of LA Housing Innovation Challenge, United Way Home for Good) and (b) development fees and construction services contracts tied to publicly funded affordable housing projects. End beneficiaries — income-qualified households and formerly homeless individuals — are not paying customers; counterparties who pay for the work are municipal and county governments and philanthropic funders.

Go-to-market is sales- and community-led, centered on competitive bids for government housing challenges and on direct relationships with City and County of LA housing authorities, community organizations, and philanthropic partners. The organization is led by Executive Director John Perfitt and Project Manager Vicky Cortes (12+ year tenure), with a board chaired by Dan Falcon. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the only on-record funding event is a $100,000 round in July 2019 with undisclosed investors/lenders. The operating footprint is exclusively regional — Los Angeles, California — with no disclosed geographic expansion.

Name

Restore Neighborhoods

Legal name

RNLA

Website

https://rn-la.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Restore Neighborhoods (RNLA) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit affordable housing developer that builds smaller-scale infill projects — bungalow courts, ADUs, and permanent supportive housing — serving income-qualified households and formerly homeless individuals through government grants and development services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Affordable Housing Development

NAICS

Rental and Leasing Services (532)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Affordable housing development
• Permanent supportive housing
• Residential infill construction
• Nonprofit housing builder
• Owner representative services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Housing Challenge Funding: RNLA wins competitive funding from government housing challenges such as the County of Los Angeles Innovative Housing Challenge and City of Los Angeles Innovative Housing Challenge to develop permanent supportive housing.
2. Affordable Housing Development Services: RNLA provides owner's representative and construction services for affordable housing projects, generating revenue through development fees and construction services contracts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Restore Neighborhoods (RNLA) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit affordable housing developer that acquires and rehabilitates distressed properties, develops smaller-scale infill housing (including bungalow courts and ADUs), constructs permanent supportive housing for the formerly homeless, and provides owner's representative and construction management services. The organization has delivered more than 200 affordable homeownership opportunities and is currently developing over 150 units of permanent supportive housing through government-funded housing challenges.

Product overview

RNLA is a smaller-scale infill builder of affordable housing, operating as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company's portfolio comprises six interconnected services: Affordable Home Ownership, Permanent Supportive Housing for the formerly homeless, Smaller-Scale Residential Infill Development, Owner's Representative Services, Full Service Construction, and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). These services work together to deliver affordable housing solutions, from development and construction to ownership opportunities, with a focus on small-scale infill projects in the Los Angeles area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Affordable Home Ownership Development Development and delivery of new and affordable homeownership opportunities for income-qualified households; RNLA has delivered more than 200 such opportunities in the Los Angeles area.
• Permanent Supportive Housing Development
• Smaller-Scale Residential Infill Development
• Owner's Representative Services
• Full Service Construction
• Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ affordable homeownership opportunities created
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Abode Communities: Los Angeles-based nonprofit affordable housing developer building and operating multifamily and permanent supportive housing. Directly comparable to RNLA's geographic market, customer base (low-income and formerly homeless), and reliance on municipal/county affordable housing funding.
• LINC Housing: Long-standing California nonprofit affordable housing developer producing both rental and for-sale affordable units, including homeownership pathways. Overlaps with RNLA on affordable homeownership and supportive housing development across Southern California.
• Skid Row Housing Trust: LA-based nonprofit that develops and operates permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. Directly comparable service line to RNLA's 150+ unit PSH pipeline and formerly homeless target population.
• PATH Ventures: California affordable and supportive housing developer affiliated with People Assisting the Homeless. Competes for the same LA County and City housing challenge dollars and serves the same PSH/formerly homeless segment as RNLA.
• BRIDGE Housing: Large nonprofit affordable housing developer active in California including the LA region, producing mixed-income rental and supportive housing. Comparable mission, customer base, and reliance on public funding mechanisms to RNLA.
• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles: LA-based Habitat affiliate building affordable homeownership opportunities for low-income households. Closest peer to RNLA's homeownership production work and shared target segment of income-qualified buyers.
• LA Family Housing: LA-based nonprofit providing supportive housing and homelessness services including affordable housing development. Directly comparable target population (formerly homeless) and geographic market to RNLA.
• East LA Community Corporation: Los Angeles nonprofit affordable housing developer focused on equitable development and community ownership. Comparable nonprofit mission, infill/bungalow-style development experience, and Los Angeles footprint to RNLA.

Broad incumbents

• Enterprise Community Partners: National nonprofit that invests in and develops affordable housing, including in Los Angeles. Operates at much larger scale than RNLA across multiple cities and product types but shares the same nonprofit affordable housing development thesis.

Regional players

• Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation: San Francisco-based nonprofit affordable housing developer with adjacent geographic and product overlap. Similar model producing affordable rental and supportive housing through public funding, but operating in a different metro.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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