All posts tagged "homeownership"

Uplifting Students, Not-for-Profit Businesses and the Community with…Elijah Cummings Scholars: The Legacy Continues

WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Cummings Scholars Program is a six-week paid internship program where Morgan State University students work with nonprofit organizations to improve the financial...

Why Sarah Syed Is My Choice for AC Transit Board of Directors, Ward 3.

As the AC Transit board president, a challenge I am confronted with is that traditional transit planning practice has ignored the pervasive issues of segregation, displacement,...

Congressman Al Green Holds National Slavery Remembrance Day with Rev. Al Sharpton as Guest Speaker

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Maintaining an accurate account of our history, and history in general, is essential for the present as well as for posterity, as it...

PRESS ROOM: Morgan State University students win Zillow’s HBCU Hackathon with app that measures financial credibility outside of credit scoring

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are very impressed with the caliber of the work, the quality of the presentations, and the outstanding, innovative ideas the students displayed...

PRESS ROOM: Amazon Commits an Additional $147 Million to Create and Preserve 1,260 Affordable Homes Primarily with Minority-Led Developers Across and Close to Washington D.C.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Amazon Housing Equity Fund has committed to create or preserve more than 10,000 affordable homes across the company’s hometown communities so far....

Bank of America Offers Zero Down-Payment Mortgages to Black, Latino Borrowers

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a news release, the Community Affordable Loan Solution aims to help eligible individuals and families obtain an affordable loan to purchase...

PRESS ROOM: New Campaign by FEMA and Ad Council Encourages Black Community to “Create a Lasting Legacy” by Preparing for Disaster

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Ready Campaign PSAs, entitled “A Lasting Legacy” will run nationwide in both Spanish and English, and are meant to help mitigate these...

‘The Rent is Just Too Damn High!’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — While outside of Manhattan, in the other four boroughs, rents can be found for much less, the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment...

Fearing a Recession, Many Express Misgivings about a Looming Downturn

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The United States currently has certain interim policies and tools, such as automatic stabilizers like the Earned Income Tax Credit and Unemployment Insurance...

COMMENTARY: Record Inflation Shrinks Housing Affordability, Worsens Racial Wealth Gaps

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Homeownership, historically a reliable building block to family wealth, is more of a challenge today for first-time homebuyers. As of 2022’s first quarter,...

Generation Z Sparking the ‘Great Resignation’ as Employers Realize Shortages

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A few factors are driving the Great Resignation, but one that stands out is that most workplaces simply aren’t doing as much as...

Report Shows America’s Major Cities are Pricing Out Black Residents

L.A. FOCUS — Black households experienced the steepest declines in affordable neighborhoods in the years preceding the pandemic. Between 2013 and 2019 — even as the...

Blacks in Virginia Beach Are Closing the Wealth Gap

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the personal finance website Smart Asset, Virginia Beach also has the seventh-highest median Black household income, at roughly $65,600, and the...

Wells Fargo Accused of Discrimination in Lending

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are deeply disturbed by allegations of discrimination that we believe do not stand up to scrutiny,” Wells Fargo said in a news...

Women’s Council of Associated Real Property Brokers’

This year commemorates the landmark enactment of the Fair Housing Act 54 years ago on April 11, 1968. WC of ARPB is the local chapter of...

Burglary at Offices of OCCUR Longtime Community Organization

Reports from both organizations were filed with the Oakland Police Department, which is still investigating the crimes. “There was this moment of sheer disbelief,” said Alexander...

Owning a Home: Guidance from Your Local Home Lending Advisor

Chase has developed a new role called “Community Home Lending Advisor,” which is designed to be in minority and low-to-moderate income communities. These are experts focused...

Oakland Co-op Buys Historic Esther’s Orbit Room Space

The revitalization of Esther’s, and EB PREC’s mission, has a deep personal connection for Session, EB PREC’s executive director and a Black, third generation West Oaklander...

The Way West: Reparations Task Force Looks at Black Migration to California

During its third meeting, California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans looked at reasons formerly enslaved Black people migrated to the...

Biden’s “Plan” to Address the Racial Wealth Gap Won’t Cut It. Only Reparations Can Do That

The plan included steps like establishing a federal effort to address inequality in home appraisals and using government authority to boost support for Black-owned businesses, including...

TownConnect Initiative Wish Program Downpayment Assistance

What are the added expenses of owning a home?

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Owning a home also means planning for ongoing maintenance and repairs. Homeowners may need to budget 1% to 2% of the purchase price...

Black Press of America Expands and Innovates in 2020 via NNPA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — An annual highlight of the conference was the 2020 NNPA Publisher Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to The Dallas Examiner’s distinguished publisher,...

Groundbreaking Initiative Shows Pathway to Propel Black Homeownership

CHICAGO DEFENDER — While statistics may paint a grim picture of Black homeownership, a recent event in Baltimore laid out a clear path for turning those numbers...

Will White House Advisory Council Act to End America’s Affordable Housing Crisis?

PASADENA JOURNAL —