PRG, Inc.

At PRG, we're narrowing the racial homeownership gap. Donating to PRG ensures that more families of color achieve affordable homeownership or stay in their homes when struggling to pay the mortgage. Our prepurchase education and one-on-one advising programs result in approximately 220 new homeowners of color annually.

Homebuyer EDUCATION and advising

Through prepurchase education and one-on-one advising, PRG supported 1,496 households on their path to homeownership in 2024, reaching over 5,500 individuals across the Twin Cities. We provided group workshops, personalized advising, and practical tools that helped first-time and first-generation buyers navigate the complex homebuying process with confidence. These services create momentum for wealth-building across entire families and communities.

Foreclosure Prevention Advising

We know keeping families, especially BIPOC families, in their homes is essential to closing the racial homeownership gap. In 2024, every PRG client with a resolved case avoided foreclosure. Our advisors combine deep technical knowledge with a culturally responsive approach, preserving housing, long-term financial stability, and peace of mind for the families we serve.

Affordable Housing Development  

To expand access to affordable homeownership, PRG continued to build and sell high-quality homes in 2024. Each is priced affordably, sold to income-qualified buyers, and meets Energy Star and Zero Energy Ready Home standards, offering long-term savings of up to $3,000 annually. With 89% of buyers identifying as BIPOC and an average income of 71% of the area median, our development model proves that quality, affordable, and sustainable housing development is possible.

Public Policy & Resource deployment

PRG plays a dual role in the housing ecosystem: we help shape policy and resource allocation, and we deliver on its promise. After years of advocacy that helped secure historic housing investments, 2024 marked a turning point. We became a down payment assistance originator, trusted to deploy resources directly to the households they were designed to support. In just six months, we deployed over $1.5 million in down payment assistance, primarily to BIPOC and first-generation buyers.

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Portia Jackson, PRG Homeowner, Former Staff, & Current Board Member
Watch Portia Jackson's inspiring story about purchasing her own home with the help of PRG and becoming a Homeownership Advisor. Portia now serves on our board!

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Donor Privacy Policy 

PRG collects and maintains subscriber and donor contact information and giving history. We use this information to communicate about our work and its impact and to solicit additional donations. We will never share or sell donor information. We limit our communication to what subscribers have requested. PRG has a discontinue contact policy-should a subscriber and/or donor wish to no longer receive our communications, they can contact us by email or phone to opt-out. 

PRG will collect only donor information that is provided by the donor. In the case of individual donations, that consists of the information provided through an online third party, primarily GiveMN.org, or from information on checks or letters or emails from donors. In the case of foundation or corporate donors, the information comes from their own documentation or from resources such as the annual Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Foundations Directory. In soliciting donations from program clients who may not have donated before, we use the information they provided at the time of service.

Donors may correct their contact information or any other information we have collected by phone, email, mail, through our website, or via social media, all of which are readily available in all our communication methods.