Sponsored by Homie, a tech-based real estate company, the Las Vegas Coalition to Make Homes Possible will host a live online “Homebuyer Success Stories” webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m.
The event will educate participants on the typical first-time homebuyer experience with first-hand testimonials from those who have bought a home and are currently going through the process. The webinar will also provide an overview of resources available, including down-payment assistance and individualized housing counseling services.
The webinar will feature Nia Girma of the Nevada Housing Division, Lisa Foster with AmeriFirst Financial, Kathy Freeman of Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada, and Shanta Patton with NID Housing Counseling Agency of Southern Nevada.
The Las Vegas Coalition to Make Homes Possible launched in February to help close the Black homeownership gap in the Las Vegas Valley by empowering up to 25,000 families with the resources to achieve homeownership over the next ten years, including down-payment assistance, financial coaching, credit repair, housing counseling, and real estate services. In Southern Nevada, only 35 percent of Blacks are homeowners, compared to a supermajority for white households.
A disruptor to the residential real estate industry, Homie is committed to making homeownership easy, affordable, and accessible to all.
Through its Homie Helps community initiative, Homie convened a diverse group of community leaders and organizations as founding members of the Coalition, including the Urban Chamber of Commerce, Nevada Housing Division, city of Las Vegas, Nevada Partners, National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), NID Housing Counseling Agency of Southern Nevada, and AmeriFirst Financial. Homie Helps is supporting the Coalition’s first year of community awareness and outreach efforts, including staff, events, and advertising.
To register for the Las Vegas Coalition to Make Homes Possible webinar on Dec. 8, visit: https://www.makehomespossible.org/success-stories/.