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NEIGHBORHOOD
HOUSING SERVICES OF NEW ORLEANS, INC.
"Rebuilding
Neighborhoods Through Partnerships"
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HomeOwnership Center is a one-stop-shop for homeownership
services. Our programs are available to all residents
of Orleans Parish and, with the exception of our financial
services, are available to anyone regardless of income.
These are the services that our HomeOwnership Center provides:
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Pre-Qualification
Counseling is provided by our
counselors to help you determine how much you can
afford to borrow to buy a home or renovate your
home. The counselor will review your income, credit,
employment history and debt. If any problems are
revealed through the prequalification, we will develop
a plan with you to overcome these obstacles.
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Home
Ownership Training classes are
offered monthly. These twelve-hour classes will
take you through the steps that must be taken to
become a homeowner. NHS staff and industry
professionals, including lenders, realtors, and
appraisers, closing attorneys and insurance agents,
teach the classes. These classes will demystify
the home buying process.
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Financial
Fitness Training
12-hour
workshops are given in which participants learn
the tools for understanding and implementing good
financial management practices.
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Low
Interest Loans are available
for qualified low and moderate income persons. These
loans can be used to renovate a house that you are
buying or a house that you already own.
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Foreclosure
Prevention Loans - defered loans
are available to avoid foreclosure when some unavoidable
situation has caused the delinquency.
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Individual
Development Accounts are a way
to help you save the money you will need to buy
a home. Your savings will be matched up to four
to one ($1,000 of your money = $4,000 matched).
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NHS
Acquisition Rehab Loan Product allows
you to obtain one loan for both the acquisition
and rehabilitation of a house or the refinance and
rehabilitation of a home that you already own. NHS
participates in this program with Fidelity Homestead,
Hibernia National Bank and Standard Mortgage.
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Home
Inspections help you to determine
the renovations that must be done to ensure that
you have a safe and comfortable home. The inspection
will list everything in the house that must be repaired
and provide a cost estimate for the repairs. If
you are buying a house, this will help you determine
if you can afford both the purchase price and the
cost of renovations.
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Construction
Management protects you, the
lender and the contractor by ensuring that the work
is of high quality and done in a timely manner.
NHS prepares the scope of work, conducts
a competitive bid process, prepares all construction
documents, monitors the work, and issues progress
payments. NHS specializes in the rehabilitation
of vacant and abandoned houses.
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Post-Purchase
Education
is
an additional module in our financial fitness classes
for homeowners that covers insurance, home maintenance
and protecting the equity in your home.
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Please
call us or stop by if
you think that any of these services will help you!
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