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| 2011 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
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| Phyllis Caldwell |
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Education Award: Center for Homeownership - Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Forsyth County Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Center for Homeownership is the central housing education, counseling and resource agency for Winston-Salem and Forsyth County residents and is administered by the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Forsyth County, N.C. The one-stop, full-service housing counseling center was formed in 2001, since then thousands of individuals have turned to the center for pre-purchase counseling, credit rebuilding, homebuyer education, budgeting assistance, and seminars and workshops. The center has helped more than 900 families achieve first-time homeownership, with a foreclosure rate of less than 2 percent. |
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| Howard Mandeville |
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Finance Award: Movin' Out Inc., Madison Wis.
The nonprofit housing organization helps individuals with permanent disabilities and their families attain and sustain safe, affordable and integrated homeownership outside of group housing so that they may fully participate in their community. Through pre- and post-purchase education, access to deferred or forgivable loans averaging $16,000, and strong community partnerships, the organization has provided more than $18 million to families across the state, helping nearly 900 households achieve homeownership. In addition, funds have been provided to nearly 300 households for safety or accessibility modifications. |
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Leadership Award: David Bland, Travois Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Travois was founded 15 years ago by chairman David W. Bland to offer development and financing assistance, support and training to American Indian tribes who suffer from some of the worst housing conditions in the nation. Bland has worked tirelessly with more than 50 tribal organizations to develop housing for low-income American Indian families, the elderly and people with disabilities, primarily through private investors and the federal government’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. The organization has successfully raised more than $350 million in new private capital that has been used to build or rehab more than 3,700 homes for rent or ownership on reservations across the country. |
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| Sandra Noble Canon |
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Media Award: eHome America, Community Ventures Corp., Lexington, Ky.
eHome America is an online home buyer education tool created by Community Ventures Corp., as a low-cost option for offering high-quality homebuyer education. The multilingual online course is based on NeighborWorks America curricula and addresses homebuying readiness, budgeting and credit, shopping for a home, getting a mortgage and sustaining homeownership. The 8-hour program checks students’ learning throughout with frequent quizzes and tests. Following the online course, students must receive phone or in-person counseling before receiving their completion certificate. The online course was so successful it was made available to housing agencies across the nation, and today more than 10,000 homebuyers in 42 states have completed the course. |
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Policy Award: Alejandro Becerra,, author and consultant, Silver Spring, Md.,
Becerra is a housing expert who for nearly three decades has advocated policies to increase and sustain minority ownership. Becerra’s long-term dedication, leadership and commitment have taken him from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development, where he pioneered a homeownership voucher program in Arizona, to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he helped preserve the federal government’s only rural homeownership program for low- and moderate-income families, to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, where he served as a former Senior Housing Fellow. Becerra has authored numerous articles and papers and recently published a book, “Hispanic Homeownership: The Key to America’s Housing and Economic Renewal.” |
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| Kerry Quaglia |
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Project Award: Home HeadQuarters Inc., Syracuse, N.Y.
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing neighborhoods in central and upstate New York. In addition to offering home buyer education, financial counseling and foreclosure prevention services, the organization plans and develops affordable, high-quality homes and is leading a redevelopment in Syracuse’s Near West Side neighborhood. As a key partner of the Near West Side Initiative, a coalition that aims to revitalize a dilapidated neighborhood near the city’s downtown. As part of the project, Home HeadQuarters has acquired 103 residential properties and is rehabbing, deconstructing or demolishing, or building new homes with an emphasis on energy conservation and affordable homeownership. . |
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| Ester Alfau-Compas |
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Real Estate Brokerage Award: Adamo Realty Network LLC, Miami
The full-service real estate brokerage that has helped hundreds of culturally diverse South Florida residents achieve the American dream of homeownership. The brokerage’s decade-old housing education program is offered to more than 600 low- to moderate-income individuals each year and focuses on pre-purchase education, financial fitness counseling and post-purchase advice and resources, such as caring for your home and avoiding foreclosure. Adamo has strong community partnerships and works closely with clients to help them identify and qualify for down payment, closing cost assistance and subsidized second mortgages. |
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| 2009 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
Finance Award: Illinois Assistive Technology Program, Springfield, Ill.
Application | Video
Education Award: Korean Churches for Community Development, Los Angeles.
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Leadership Award: Chris McCarthy, Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Nashville, Tenn.
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Media Award: Community Reinvestment Association of North America, Durham, N.C.
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Project Award: Affordable Homes of South Texas Inc., McAllen, Texas.
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| 2007 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
Finance Award: Colorado Housing Assistance Corporation, Denver.
Education Award: Umatilla Reservation Housing Authority, Pendleton, Ore.
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Leadership Award: Chickie Grayson, Enterprise Homes Inc., Baltimore.
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Project Award: Monsignor William Linder, New Community Corp., Newark, N.J.
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Public Policy Award: Father Vien The Nguyen, Mary Queen of Vietnam Church, New Orleans.
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Real Estate Brokerage Award: Berenice Gomez, Harvest Home Mortgage, Melville, N.Y. |
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| 2005 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
Finance Award: Partnership for Homeownership Foundation of Springfield, Ill.
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Education Award: Little Haiti Housing Association Inc., Miami.
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Leadership Award: Antonio Matarranz, Avangard Real Estate Services, Dallas.
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Media Award: HOMEWORDS Program, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles.
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Project Award: Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Indio, Calif.
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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.
Education Award: Pratt Area Community Council of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Leadership Award: Reverend James Dickerson of Manna Inc. of Washington, D.C.
Project Award: Suffolk Homes by Asian Americans for Equality of New York.
Public Policy Award: National Fair Housing Alliance of Washington, D.C.
Real Estate Brokerage Award: Emily Moerdomo Fu of RE/MAX Greater Atlanta International, Atlanta.
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| 2001 HOPE AWARDS WINNERS |
Finance Award: Self-Help Credit Union, Durham, N.C.
Education Award: Home Loan Counseling Center, Sacramento, Calif.
Leadership Award: Vincent Quayle, Ambrose Housing Aid Center, Baltimore.
Media Award: Ark Communication, Milbrae, Calif.
Project 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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