Potomac Avenue Residents host Block Party in Crenshaw Manor
October 10, 2024
A block party like none other was staged by the residents of Potomac Avenue in the Crenshaw Manor neighborhood of South Los Angeles.
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
- Student Athlete of the Week: Koa Seymour
homeowners
California Mortgage Relief Program Can Aid Homeowners Who Owe Money
September 14, 2023
The California Housing Finance Agency Homeownership Relief Corporation announced that aid is still available to those who missed at least two mortgage payments or one property tax payment. The funding is available through the California Mortgage Relief program.
Yardsworth and Senate Bill 9 Help Homeowners Sell Backyard Land for a Profit
August 9, 2023
As the new state fiscal year begins California residents can now benefit from a new law that makes it possible to sell an unused portion of your backyard for a profit, which gives homeowners the ability to earn income and contribute to the development of much-needed housing.
HOMEOWNERS CAN APPLY FOR UP TO $3,000 IN SEISMIC RETROFIT GRANTS
November 11, 2021
More California homeowners will be eligible for up to $3,000 in seismic retrofit grants through Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB), a program jointly administered by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The grants help offset the cost of seismic retrofits that brace the cripple walls of older homes, when present, and bolt houses to their foundations, making them less vulnerable to earthquake damage.
Legislature Must Create More Opportunities for Black Homeownership
April 8, 2021
As one of the leaders of the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce, I have witnessed many success stories in the Black business community; small businesses that have grown into corporations, local restaurants that have become pillars in their community, entrepreneurs who have taken a vision and succeeded at something no one else has done.
Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America
May 7, 2020
Biden said he plans to hold financial institutions accountable for discriminatory practices in the housing market, and he will restore the federal government’s power to enforce settlements against discriminatory lenders. Additionally, the plan calls for Biden to strengthen and expand the Community Reinvestment Act to ensure that the nation’s bank and non-bank financial services institutions are serving all communities.
Black America’s Housing Crisis: More Renters Than Homeowners, Homeless Population Jumps 12%
February 6, 2020
For many consumers, the combined costs of housing, transportation, food, and utilities leave room for little else from take-home pay.
Los Angeles Homeownership to Get $9.8 Million Boost
January 31, 2019
NeighborhoodLIFT program will offer homebuyer education plus $25,000 down payment assistance grants available for eligible Los Angeles County homebuyers; special parameters for veterans, military, teachers and first responders.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles Awarded $25,000 Grant from Bank of America to Help Build Ten Affordable Homes in Culver City
December 18, 2018
Check presentation took place Friday, Dec. 14 in Culver City
CFPB Sues Ocwen Financial over Unfair Mortgage Practices
May 18, 2017
Families, who have assembled the necessary financial resources to apply, qualify, and then purchase a home, understandably value that key investment and its accompanying opportunity to build wealth; but buying the home is just the first step of securing the American Dream of homeownership.
Wells Fargo Commits $60 Billion to Increase Black Homeownership
March 9, 2017
Wells Fargo Commits $60 Billion to Increase Black Homeownership
PACE FINANCING
October 13, 2016
THE NEXT HOUSING CRISIS IS UNDERWAY