Community Engagement Update Q3 2025

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own your tomorrow.



"Homeownership is about more than just having a place to live. It’s about creating stability, empowering communities, and building wealth for tomorrow. CHFA is dedicated to expanding opportunities for Black and African American homeownership in Colorado, to providing equitable homeownership resources, and to the vision that every Coloradan will have the opportunity for housing stability and economic prosperity.” – Thomas Bryan, Executive Director and CEO, CHFA

CHFA has a strategic initiative to increase Black and African American Homeownership by 440 households in 2025. This is a 15 percent increase over 2024.

Own Your Tomorrow: Homeownership is Possible

Visit our website for Black and African American homebuyers, created in collaboration with community members.

Learn about:

• Financial education resources to help create and maintain generational wealth 
• Down payment programs (CHFA and others)
• Homebuyer education

Through community engagement, CHFA and stakeholders recommended the following strategic pillars to address homeownership equity.  

education

September - Building Legacy Event - New Location and Time!

Join CHFA in partnership with JMF Community Mashup at Spangalang Brewery for the September event in the Building Legacy: A Black Homeownership Series. In Part III – Financing Your Home, find out about mortgage products, down payment assistance programs, and how to identify predatory lending from industry experts. Food and drinks will be provided.

Wednesday, September 24

5:30pm to 8:00pm

Spangalang Brewery

2736 Welton Street #102

Denver, Colorado 80205

This series is meant to provide a supportive environment for attendees to learn and ask questions. Each event in the series builds upon the previous one, but attendance is not required at all events. Participants can join the event series at any point.

Register today to attend the September 24th Building Legacy event!

outreach

Juneteenth Music Festival

CHFA was proud to sponsor the Juneteenth Music Festival in Denver’s Five Points Neighborhood on June 15th. The event featured free live music and “Denver’s longest-running parade,” a neighborhood Juneteenth tradition dating back to the 1950s. 

CHFA Business Development Specialist Greg Brown had the opportunity to meet current CHFA customers and share with others about the resources available for homeownership, including the CHFA 

FirstGeneration^sm program. The program may help you begin your legacy of homeownership with up to $25,000 in down payment assistance. Learn more at chfainfo.com/firstgen.

resources


Learn to Love Financial Education

“Financial education” and “fun” aren’t usually in the same sentence. That’s all changing with CHFA’s new partnership with Zogo, a gamified financial education app. Like Duolingo, Zogo rewards users for completing bite-sized education modules and answering short post-lesson quizzes. You can earn points toward gift cards for popular retailers.

Visit chfainfo.com/zogo to learn more about the partnership and download the free app or to visit the web-based version. Please note, rewards are only available through the Zogo app, not the web-based version. Use the access code “CHFAOYT” to start playing!

we hope to see you

CHFA in Community

CHFA was proud to participate in the following Black and African American-led organizations and events. If you see us at an event, please come over and chat with us to learn how we can help you become a homeowner!



• May 28 – Freedom and Finance
• June 6 – 2025 B.E.S.T Success Summit and Expo
• June 15 – Denver Juneteenth Festival
• June 28 – Building Legacy: A Black Homeownership Series Part II
• July 12-13 – Colorado Black Arts Festival
• August 9 – Park Hill Day of Legends
• August 9 – Montbello Back to School event
• August 23 – Manual High School Alumni Homebuyer Workshop
• September 13 – Homebuyer 101 Workshop with Vennita Browning, Peak Education Program Director

Coming up

• September 24 – Building Legacy: A Black Homeownership Series Part III - Register for September 24th Building Legacy event

Share Your Thoughts

Share your thoughts with us or share ideas for how we can help increase homeownership.

• Keep CHFA aware of events and sponsorships in your community.

• Visit us at our booth at community events.

• Promote CHFA events to friends and family.

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