Nikki Beasley

Executive Director of Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc

Nikki Beasley joined the RNHS in 2016 after retiring from a 25-year career in banking and financial services. Although new to housing, she had a strong affinity to community and service. Because of her leadership RNHS has doubled its property management rental portfolio for low to moderate income families through multifamily acquisitions, established the organization's Changing the Narrative of Homeownership Initiative, started the Lender Ready program in 2017 assisting over 100 new first time home buyers secure ownership, established RNHS Money Matters series which the organization host monthly, and became a small site infill developer in 2018. RNHS has also become a staple in the housing conversation throughout the Bay Area and region advocating for tenant and landlord rights, consumer affairs, fair housing, working with municipalities to address zoning and creating equable programs for its residents. Through the organization's mission and focus to lift up homeownership as a tool to addressing housing need(s), the work began as RNHS launched its Filbert Promise Homeownership project in 2018. This acquisition started the organization’s conversation and advocacy around uncoupling race and income related to the lack of subsidy for production of homeownership projects targeting 80- 120 % AMI addressing the wealth gap and disparity in communities of color. This development project has sparked a new initiative that Nikki has launched in 2020, the Emerging Developers Program, assisting Black developers, addressing the barriers new developers face in securing projects.