Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. Join Mayor in Launching Twin Falls Program Thursday (June 1)

TWIN FALLS - The Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. will introduce Finally Home!, a home buyer education program, on Thursday (June 1) at 1 p.m. in room 276 of the Taylor Building at the College of Southern Idaho.

The following individuals are scheduled to speak at the event:

• Elaine Steele, Mayor, City of Twin Falls

• Dr. Jerry Beck, Vice President of Instruction, CSI

• Brian Matsuoka, Co-Director, Idaho Small Business Development Center, CSI

Speakers will address how home buyer education not only makes for successful home owners, but, in turn, leads to lower mortgage default rates and healthier neighborhoods.

The College of Southern Idaho holds monthly classes in Twin Falls (some in Spanish) that address the following topics:

• How to qualify for a mortgage with bad credit or no credit;

• How much cash to have on hand for closing;

• How to choose a Realtor^®;

• How to make an offer;

• How to access affordable mortgage programs.

The Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. They manage and implement the four objectives of Finally Home!: 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.