Potomac Avenue Residents host Block Party in Crenshaw Manor
A block party like none other was staged by the residents of Potomac Avenue in the Crenshaw Manor neighborhood of South Los Angeles.
A block party like none other was staged by the residents of Potomac Avenue in the Crenshaw Manor neighborhood of South Los Angeles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For many consumers, the combined costs of housing, transportation, food, and utilities leave room for little else from take-home pay.
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.
Check presentation took place Friday, Dec. 14 in Culver City
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.
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THE NEXT HOUSING CRISIS IS UNDERWAY