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ONONDAGA COUNTY EXPANDS 1% LOAN & GRANT ELIGIBLE PROGRAM AREA |
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Income-eligible homeowners can apply for up to $20,000 for eligible exterior or emergency home repairs AND get a grant of up to $6,000 or 30% of the overall loan.
There are a few eligibility requirements to the program including some form of COVID impact to any member of the family and a household income level of 80% or less of HUD area median.
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Home HeadQuarters Names
Calvin Corriders Board President
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Home HeadQuarters recently announced the election of its Board Officers and new members and re-election of board members.
Newly elected officers to HHQ's Board of Directors are:
Board President - Calvin Corriders, Regional President for Pathfinder Bank
Board Vice President - Syeisha Byrd, Director of Family Engagement for the Early Childhood Alliance Onondaga
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Pictured from top left to right: Calvin Corriders, Syeisha Byrd, Johanna Dorrance, Gladys Smith, and Greg May |
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Board Treasurer - Johanna Dorrance, Chief Financial Officer/Vice President for Geddes Federal Savings & Loan
Board Secretary - Gladys J. Smith, Board Vice Chair for the Syracuse Housing Authority
Board Asst. Treasurer/Secretary - Greg May, former Vice President for Residential Lending for Tompkins Trust.
Home HeadQuarters also welcomed new members to its Board of Directors. Long-time HHQ homeowner and Southside resident Denise Welch joined the board as a resident member. Denise is a Program Manager for the Black Leadership Coalition on Health and also serves on the SMNC Board of Directors. Priscilla Sanchez, another HHQ new homeowner and Westside resident, also joined the board as a resident member. Priscilla is a Senior Healthcare Coordinator and a certified medical interpreter for the Syracuse Community Health Center. Nicole Shaw, another Westside resident and HHQ customer, also joined as a resident member. Nicole is a busy landlord and also works at Dinosaur BBQ.
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The Future is Looking Bright |
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Meet Shawni Davis, Owner of Luminary Electrical Contractor in Syracuse. Master Unlimited Electrician Davis is currently working on a couple of our new single-family homes HHQ is constructing on Syracuse's Southside running typical residential service and fire alarms. The soon-to-be New York State Certified MWBE, primarily works on commercial projects, but likes to dabble in residential when she can, especially when it means good things for Syracuse families. How did she become one of only two Black women in the region who are both licensed master electricians and own their own business? She decided early on that if she was working so hard for someone else, she could be working just as hard for herself. You can find Luminary Electrical on Facebook or on the web.
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Buffalo & Erie County Programs Get Cooking |
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While we like to give our Buffalo Site Director Paul Pérez a hard time about being surprised his head could get any bigger, the newest Buffalo billboard graced with a very large Paul is certainly having some impact. This week, the Buffalo & Erie County Landlord Property Improvement Fund finally gets a kick off with the Mayor and other community VIPs. The Landlord Fund provides Buffalo area "Mom and Pop" landlords with low interest loans of up to $25,000 to address lead paint hazards and other health and safety needs in their 1-4 units rental properties. Landlords, located in the city of Buffalo, can also take advantage of a grant of up to $5,000 or 20% of the total loan amount.
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Be a Part of the Syracuse FEC in 2022! |
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Looking to change things up with your professional life in 2022? Want to help people and see the results of your hard work? The Syracuse Financial Empowerment Center is looking for a full-time Financial Counselor to help Onondaga County residents reach their financial goals.
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If you’re experiencing a financial hardship and struggling to make ends meet because of COVID, New York State is here to help. Don't miss this opportunity! You could receive financial assistance (up to $50,000) to address late mortgage or tax payments.
Applications for the New York State Homeowners Assistance Fund are CLOSING SOON! Call or email HHQ today: (315) 474-1939 or foreclosurehelp@homehq.org
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Looking For HomeBuyer Class Presenters |
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HHQ's eight-hour course is the ONLY local HomeBuyer Course taught by HUD-certified housing counselors. Local housing professionals are invited to present on their particular areas of expertise and answer class participant questions.
While our HomeOwnership Center staff are especially looking for home inspectors and home insurance representatives for class presentations, HHQ always welcomes interested REALTORS, real estate attorneys and more.
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Vote for HHQ in Target Circle |
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We’re participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit CNY families. There are lots of details, but if you shop at a Target in Elmira, Vestal, Syracuse, Cicero, Liverpool, Fayetteville, Ithaca, Monroe, New Hartford or Watertown, you can direct Community Giving dollars through your Target Circle app to help local families become first-time homeowners and existing homeowners make needed repairs and improvements to their homes. If you've already shopped at Target and have never voted, just visit "Community Giving" on your Target Circle dashboard and vote for Home HeadQuarters (you can vote for the dogs, too, but make sure you're voting for their people, too!). For full program details and restrictions visit Target Circle.
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Helping HHQ Remove Health Hazards in the Home |
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HHQ is proud to once again be selected as a grant recipient from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation in 2022. Founded to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable New Yorkers, this year the foundation awarded more than 500 grants totaling $160 million throughout New York State.
As we did with its 2020 award, HHQ will be using the funding to correct health hazards in homes that we rehab for sale to low-income buyers. The research is clear, health hazards in the home negatively impact health outcomes, often for a lifetime. From lead paint, to radon, to mold, the personal and societal costs of poor-quality housing is overwhelming. This need has become all the more urgent over the past two years as families have spent more time at home than ever before. HHQ has long been committed to ensuring all Central New Yorkers have access to housing that is safe and healthy, and funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation is a critical tool in our efforts. Our sincere thank you to the Foundation for continuing to support our work in Central New York.
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Short (yet, extremely important) Stuff. |
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Home For Sale: 89 Walnut Street, Auburn - Charming (why do real estate people always use this word?) three bedroom home has many updates. New kitchen, and bath and a half, first floor laundry, new windows, new furnace, new carpet in the bedroom, and refinished hardwood floors in the front large living space. Plus, a one car garage and partially fenced in yard. Adorable side porch that goes out the kitchen to the back yard. Must income qualify to purchase, Visit www.cnyaffordablerealty.org for more info and to schedule a showing.
Home HeadQuarters is seeking a Housing Counselor as part of his HomeOwnership Center! Check out our Employment page on our website for details on how to apply!
When HHQ took over management of SMNC last year, we quickly discovered that there were no internal financial statements, no completed audits and no tax returns filed since 2018. Without financial reporting, SMNC wasn't able to apply for any funding to support their properties. HHQ's accounting staff spent significant time and resources over the course of five months to successfully develop financial records and complete a three-year financial statement audit. HHQ can now submit funding requests to repair and rehab SMNC properties. The efforts to correct SMNC’s accounting deficiencies were costly and could not have been undertaken without support from the CNY Community Foundation. HHQ also thanks the Allyn Family Foundation, Gifford Foundation, The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation and the John Ben Snow Foundation for their support in helping us improve SMNC properties and its organizational capacity.
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It appears that our energetic scammers are again out in force trying to get one over on new homeowners or existing homeowners who may have financed improvements to their homes. Just like the many car warranty calls you might get on your phone, postcards or other mailings you may receive about your house's warranty expiring are a scam--there is no such thing. If you are the recipient of something like this, promptly throw it in the recycling bin. |
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