| 2007 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS
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| Michelle Mitchell |
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Finance Award: Colorado Housing Assistance Corporation
The Colorado Housing Assistance Corp. offers loan programs and supportive financial counseling to help Colorado families turn homeownership dreams into reality. CHAC has helped more than 325 participants fulfill their homeownership dreams. Potential homeowners served by CHAC typically earn less than 60 percent of the area median income. Under the CHAC program, borrowers are provided 3 percent, fixed-interest 30-year loans and $19,500 in down payment assistance that they do not have to pay back unless they sell, refinance or rent the property. |
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Marcus Luke II
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Homeownership Education Award: Umatilla Reservation Housing Authority, Pendleton, Ore.
The Umatilla Reservation Housing Authority developed an enlightening multifaceted homeownership program called "Wapayatat," meaning "to learn or to teach" in the Umatilla language. URHA teaches long-term asset building through self-sufficiency to help tribal members learn about savings, budgeting, credit reports, interest rates and predatory lending. |
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| Chickie Grayson |
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Leadership Award: Chickie Grayson, Enterprise Homes Inc., Baltimore, MD
Grayson has more than 25 years' experience in developing housing for people from all walks of life. As president and chief executive officer of Enterprise Homes Inc., she has established a reputation for building high-quality, mixed-income communities and providing workforce homeownership opportunities. Under her leadership, Enterprise has built a very successful track record for large-scale master planning, undertaking and completing complicated mixed-income housing developments in both suburban and urban areas in the mid-Atlantic region. |
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| Monsignor William Linder |
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Project of the Year Award: Monsignor William Linder, New Community Corp., Newark, N.J.
The desperate need for affordable and livable housing in Newark's Central Ward motivated residents to organize New Community Corp. in 1968. Today its assets are valued at more than $500 million, and its programs and services touch the lives of 50,000 Newark and Essex County residents every day. Through an innovative partnership with the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services, NCC set aside 40 three-bedroom town homes in Community Hills for minority foster parents. Those who qualify based on income can purchase the town homes for $25,000 - well below the average selling price of $50,000. |
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| Father Vien The Nguyen |
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Public Policy Award: Father Vien The Nguyen, Mary Queen of Vietnam Church, New Orleans
Throughout the Hurricane Katrina rebuilding process in New Orleans, Father Vien advocated that basic services be reinstated to ensure the community's voice was heard. Fr. Vien organized residents and collected 500 signatures to negotiate with local utility companies to restore power and water in his neighborhood. |
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| Berenice Gomez |
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Real Estate Brokerage Award: Berenice Gomez, Harvest Home Mortgage, Melville, N.Y.
In 2004, Gomez established Harvest Home Mortgage to address the language obstacles many of her clients faced. HHM helps Spanish- and English-speaking home buyers who have misconceptions about purchasing a home, have poor credit histories or are intimidated by the complexities of obtaining a home loan. Gomez's philosophy is to educate the client first, because an educated consumer is a confident client. |
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| 2005 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
Finance Award: Partnership for Homeownership Foundation of Springfield, Ill.
Homeownership Education Award: Little Haiti Housing Association Inc., Miami.
Leadership Award: Antonio Matarranz, Avangard Real Estate Services, Dallas.
Media Award: HOMEWORDS Program, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles.
Project of the Year Award: Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Indio, Calif.
Real Estate Brokerage Award: Allen Chiang of Presidential Real Estate Inc., Rowland, Calif.
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| 2003 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
Finance Award: Mission of Peace Housing Counseling Agency of Flint, Mich.
Homeownership Education Award: Pratt Area Community Council of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Leadership Award: Reverend James Dickerson of Manna Inc. of Washington, D.C.
Project of the Year Award: Suffolk Homes by Asian Americans for Equality of New York, N.Y..
Public Policy Award: National Fair Housing Alliance of Washington, D.C.
Real Estate Brokerage Award: Emily Moerdomo Fu of RE/MAX Greater Atlanta International.
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| 2001 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
Finance Award: Self-Help Credit Union, Durham, N.C.
Homeownership Education Award: Home Loan Counseling Center, Sacramento, Calif.
Leadership Award: Vincent Quayle, Ambrose Housing Aid Center, Baltimore, Md.
Media Award: Ark Communication, Milbrae, Calif.
Project of the Year Award: Northeast Florida Builders Association, Jacksonville, Fla.
Public Policy Award: Greater Baltimore Board of REALTORS®, Lutherville, Md.
Real Estate Brokerage Award: California Capital Co., Ontario, Calif.
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