Homebuyer Training Programs
PRC First Time Home-Buyers Workshops
The Preservation Resource Center offers monthly First-Time Homebuyer Training courses that prepare participants to tackle the home purchase process and meet the demands of owning and caring for a home. Participants will also gain access to a variety of home purchase incentives available exclusively to program graduates and offered by the Finance Authority of New Orleans, the City of New Orleans, and various lending institutions. Courses are $50 and require registration. Visit the website or call 504.636.3070 for more information.
Family Resources of New Orleans Homebuyer Training
Family Resources of New Orleans offers a twelve hour homebuyer training curriculum in an effort to educate families on the homeownership process. The workshop covers a variety of topics such as credit rehabilitation, family budgeting, mortgage products comparison and other aspects of homeownership from beginning to end. The classes are taught by professionals in the real estate industry. For more information and to register for classes, call (504) 822-8519 or visit the website.
Louisiana Housing Finance Authority First-Time Homebuyer Programs
Louisiana Housing Finance Agency offers a number of opportunities for low- and moderate-income Louisiana families to become homeowners. The program offers a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage at a below-market interest rate to first-time homebuyers, including programs for teachers and first responders. Visit the website or call 888-454-2001.
Neighborhood Development Foundation
The Neighborhood Development Foundation of New Orleans is a resource center that seeks to convert life-long renters, modest resources, and ready houses into entire neighborhoods of homeowners. The Foundation provides training and assistance for first-time homebuyers. Call 504-488-0155
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater New Orleans
CCCS is a non-profit community service agency dedicated to educating consumers in the wise and proper use of credit, and helping consumers to repay excessive debt. CCCS offers budget counseling & debt management planning, financial education programs, housing counseling, and more. Visit the CCCS website or call 1-866-889-9347. CCCS has locations in New Orleans, Metairie, Gretna, Slidell, and Houma, as well as locations in Mississippi.
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans
NHS NOLA conducts first-time homebuyer training classes and can assist homeowners in rebuilding or renovating a home. They offer funding, financial counseling, and construction management.
Services Provided: Construction Management services - assisting homeowners through the process of rebuilding
Area Served: Orleans
Eligibility: All are eligible
Contact Info: 504-899-5900
Make It Right Homeowner Counseling Program
Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation aims to be a catalyst for redevelopment of the Lower 9th Ward by building a neighborhood comprised of safe and healthy homes. Lower Ninth Ward residents can sign up to work with MIR to choose, finance and prepare to own their new homes. For more information on the program visit the website or call 1-888-647-6652.
HANO Voucher Program - Become a Homeowner HANO offers a program in which Section 8 vouchers can be used to purchase a home. Participants must become financially fit, be a first-time homeowner, be employed for at least a year, satisfactorily complete HANO's pre-assistance homeownership and housing counseling program, attend post-purchase counseling and monthly homebuyer club meetings, and earn an annual salary of at least $10,300. For more information call Audrey Williams, lead case manager in HANO's Homeownership Department, at (504) 670-3428.
ACORN has programs for first-time homebuyers. Visit their site or call 504-267-3750 or 504-827-2114 for more information.
Nakisha Brisco, Realtor
Abek Real Estate 820 Oak Harbor Blvd. Slidell, La 70458, 504.717.7408 cell, 985.646.2111 office, 985.646.2772 fax, e-mail: arealtorworking4u@yahoo.com
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Nakisha - This post is full of great information and resources. I'm sure first time homebuyers will appreciate the information. Great post.