Finally Home!® Homebuyer Education classes are now more accessible to Idahoans through the classes' newly printed Spanish-language textbook.

"The ability to offer our textbook in Spanish greatly increases our efforts toward meeting the needs of minority homebuyers," said Sue Pisani, Finally Home!® Homebuyer Education Administrator. "The textbook serves as a long-term resource for families, and includes information on how homeowners can maintain their home in years to come, as well as providing suggestions to help homebuyers improve their neighborhoods."

The Spanish textbooks will be provided to class participants upon request; and will be made available to those who take the course online. The majority of the funding for the translation of the Spanish textbook was provided by the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation.

The Homebuyer Education program is provided by the Idaho Partners for Homebuyer Education, Inc., a nonprofit organization that has joined with local partners in Idaho to offer Finally Home!® classes every month statewide. Class content covers topics including credit and budgeting issues, qualifying for a mortgage, choosing a real estate professional, and making an offer and closing on a home.

This textbook is IPHBE, Inc.'s latest commitment in reaching out to minorities in Idaho. Earlier this year, IPHBE, Inc. released a series of DVDs featuring its courses in Spanish, so those people in areas of the state where an instructor-taught Spanish course wasn't available had the opportunity to participate in the program. Those interested in viewing these DVDs can contact the nearest training partner. The homebuyer education courses in Spanish are offered monthly by Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa. There is a cost of $10 per person for the classroom course or to view the DVDs; and a $50 charge per person for the online course.

More than 17,000 future Idaho homeowners have graduated from the Finally Home!® program since its inception in 1999.

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The Idaho Housing and Finance Association provides funding for affordable housing in Idaho communities. IHFA is not a state agency under Idaho law, and uses no state funds or state employees to support its operations.