Community Engagement Update Q4 2023 | | |
own a home to house your dreams.
own your tomorrow.
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268 out of 450
Households Served
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Thank you for a great year!
We would like to take a moment to thank all our partners who have joined our initiative to increase Black and African American homeownership. Thanks to your efforts and collaboration, we have been able to share homebuying resources, services, and networks with Black and African American Coloradans. We’d also like to thank anyone who attended our homebuyer workshops and took a moment to share your questions with us. We look forward to moving this initiative forward in 2024 and hope you will once again join us on this mission—we cannot do it alone!
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Through community engagement, CHFA and stakeholders recommended the following strategic pillars to address homeownership equity. | |
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education
Book an Own Your Tomorrow Homebuyer Workshop
This summer, we launched the Own Your Tomorrow education series, kicking off with four in-community workshops, helping over 75 prospective homebuyers.
Attendees connected with CHFA, as well as community-based housing counselors, lenders, and real estate professionals to learn how to build their “homebuying team” and have direct conversations about various financial and educational homebuyer resources.
If you’d like to inquire about hosting a workshop for your community, please contact the Own Your Tomorrow team.
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outreach
Colorado Black Roundtable (CBRT)
Gaining Ground in The Black Community Social Equity Summit
Greg Brown, CHFA Business Development Specialist, was proud to present on the Housing Panel at the CBRT Gaining Ground in the Black Community Social Equity Summit. This four-day event (October 19-22) provided an opportunity for the Black community to have positive discussions on community issues, as well as hear proposals and recommendations for action and real community change.
Greg discussed CHFA’s initiative to increase Black homeownership, including down payment programs, homebuyer workshops, and other homebuying resources. In closing, he encouraged the community to believe that homeownership is possible.
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resources
National Association of Real Estate Brokers® (NAREB)
NAREB is a trade organization and network of Black real estate professionals known for promoting “democracy in housing” and advocating for public policies that “protect and expand sustainable homeownership.” The organization’s members, who go by the title of Realtist®, are spread throughout chapters across the United States. NAREB’s Realtist membership includes real estate brokers as well as professionals from other disciplines within the real estate industry such as mortgage brokers and appraisers.
NAREB also works to promote the real estate industry through economic, political, legal, and social leverage and seeks to remediate disparate and discriminatory housing and property ownership practices in this country.
CHFA is proud to be a member and sponsor of NAREB.
Find a Realtist in your area by visiting nareb.com.
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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!
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August 10 – Afrik Impact Education Forum
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August 12 – Park Hill Day of Legends
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August 13 – Montbello Back to School Event
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August 19 – CHFA Own Your Tomorrow Workshop: Rising Star Baptist Church
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August 26 – Afrik Impact Gala
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September 27 – CHFA Own Your Tomorrow Workshop: Spangalang Brewery
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October 19-22 – Colorado Black Round Table, Gaining Ground in The Black Community Social Equity Summit
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October 21 – African Leadership Group, BBQ & Homeownership and Financial Workshop
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November 15 – Black Business Alliance, Monthly Black Business Meet & Greet
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November 17 – NOAA/Northeast Park Hill Coalition, Community Gathering on Housing Realities
Coming up
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December 13 – Colorado Black Round Table, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at DEN”
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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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