FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Release Date: Feb. 18, 2005

Contact:

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

IHFA and Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education Offer Housing and Debt Counseling

BOISE - IHFA and the Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education Inc. now offer housing and debt counseling to help home owners and renters manage their finances.

IHFA/IPHBE counseling is in the following subject areas:

Counseling Offered Phone
Pre-Occupancy and Rent Delinquency One-on-One Toll free 1-800-458-2791
Post-Purchase and Mortgage Default One-on-One Toll free 1-800-526-7145

IPHBE, a nonprofit created by IHFA and several organizations statewide, offers a classroom education program called Finally Home!® to help address issues that potential home owners face. For class information and counseling, contact Finally Home!® Statewide Administrator Sue Pisani toll free at 1-877-888-3135, or a Regional Training Partner below:

Finally Home!® Regional Training Partner Contact City Phone
  • Neighborhood Housing Services Inc.
Carol Anderson Boise 343-4065
  • Caldwell Board of REALTORS®
Carolyn Ernst Caldwell 459-2200
  • North Idaho College
Pat Connell Post Falls 769-7737
  • Greater Idaho Falls Association of REALTORS®
Diana Dahl Idaho Falls 523-1477
  • Community Action Partnership
Sandra Smith Lewiston 746-3351
(Ext. 225)
  • Northwest Nazarene University
Nancy Gibson Nampa 467-8870
  • Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services
Linda Theiring Pocatello 232-9468
  • College of Southern Idaho
Penny Johnson Twin Falls 733-9554
(Ext. 2287)

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The Idaho Housing and Finance Association, a financial services and housing business organization, provides funding for affordable housing in communities where it is most needed and when economically feasible.