FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Release Date: May 19, 2000

Contact:

 Steve Rector
Public Affairs Director
208-331-4725
Reed Hollinshead
Media & Public Relations Officer
208-331-4858

Finally Home! Home Buyer Education Classes Start in Lewiston on Monday (May 22)

LEWISTON - Finally Home! classes will take place on May 22 through May 24 (Monday through Wednesday) from 6 – 8:30 p.m., the Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. (IPHBE) (HOTLINK) announced today. Students should pre-register by calling the Community Action Agency at 746-3351.

The classes are specifically designed to teach first-time home buyers everything they need to know about buying a home—from how to qualify for a mortgage with bad credit or no credit and how much cash is needed for closing, to how to choose a Realtor® and how to make an offer.

Students who complete the class may be eligible for special incentives such as down-payment and closing cost assistance and reduced mortgage insurance premiums through participating lenders. 

Qualified industry professionals volunteer their time as instructors and teach home buyer education to potential or existing home owners in a traditional classroom setting. The Community Action Agency is a regional training partner for the IPHBE and offers free home buyer education classes regularly.

The Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. They manage and implement the program’s four objectives: to develop programs of quality standardized home buying and home ownership education; to facilitate wide delivery of its home buying and home owner educational programs throughout Idaho; to target its educational programs to reach diversified markets, including various socioeconomic groups—specifically low and moderate-income households and first-time home buyers; and to enhance the lives of citizens throughout Idaho, as well as the participating communities, by providing better home buying and home ownership education.

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The Idaho Housing and Finance Association, a financial services and housing organization, provides funding for affordable housing in Idaho communities where they are most needed and when it is economically feasible. IHFA uses no state funds or state employees to support its operations. For more information, visit our Web site at www.ihfa.org.