Join Us for the 2025 Annual Meeting
The 2025 Annual Meeting will be held in Kingsport, TN at the MeadowView Conference Center from September 30 to October 2. Registration is now open!
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Housing Can’t Wait Campaign
Over the next five years Fahe is doubling our impact in Appalachia by building or rehabilitating 60,000 HOMES and providing community services to benefit 1 MILLION PEOPLE.
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Our thoughts are with the families and communities impacted by the devastating flooding in Kentucky, Southern West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, and Tennessee.
At Fahe, we stand with our Members and partners, committed to both immediate relief and long-term recovery. This event underscores the urgent need for resilient housing solutions and sustained recovery efforts.
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Our hearts go out to everyone affected by Hurricane Helene.
Fahe is leveraging our expertise to support Fahe Members in Tennessee and Virginia affected by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Disaster recovery takes money, time, know-how, and collaboration. Fahe is committed to helping communities recover and rebuild. Stay updated on our progress here.
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Building Thriving Communities
Fahe is a purpose-oriented Network of 50+ diverse community-based nonprofits serving the Appalachian states of AL, MD, KY, TN, VA, and WV. We have cultivated the deepest-reaching platform to connect nationwide investment to boots-on-the-ground-leadership throughout one of the most challenging places to serve in the country, resulting in place-informed and people-responsive solutions.
How Fahe Works
Locally
Fahe works through our on-the-ground Membership to support local leaders, address local needs, and build up existing capacity. Fahe is Member-owned and—governed—as the needs of our Members and their communities change, so do Fahe’s strategies and priorities.
Regionally
By working together to achieve Strength in Numbers across Appalachia, Fahe has grown in the depth and breadth of our impact and in our ability to influence opportunity across communities, sectors, systems, constituencies, and geographies.
Nationally
Fahe has expanded our Appalachia-focused “go further together” strategy to become a leader of coalitions that advance national advocacy and systems change informed by the perspectives of local leaders and practitioners so all of our nation’s underserved regions can become places of opportunity for all people.
Since 1980, Fahe has worked with our Members and community partners to invest $2.08 billion, generate $1.85 billion in finance, and change the lives of over 1,063,144 people.
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Fahe Members
Fahe is powered by our boots on the ground: our Member organizations.
Latest News and Events Updates
Housing Can’t Wait® : Funder & Investor Webinar Recap
a special webinar for funders and investors, bringing together voices from across Appalachia to spotlight the urgency of the housing
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Launching Achieve Our Mission: Fahe’s New Leadership Development Program
Fahe's Achieve Our Mission is a bold new professional development initiative designed to equip nonprofit leaders across Appalachia with the tools, focus, and support they need to drive lasting change
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Fahe’s Direct Loan Packaging Program: A Rural Housing Renaissance
Through its leadership in the USDA 502 Direct Loan Packaging Program, Fahe has helped thousands of low-income families achieve the dream of owning a home—while reshaping how federal housing support
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