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Read MoreAmid these stories of personal achievement and public service, Home HeadQuarters, a Syracuse-based nonprofit housing organization, is making waves with its innovative approach to financing home mortgages for minority and moderate-income borrowers.
Read MoreTODAY Show features HHQ Deputy Director Latoya Allen
Read MoreSyracuse, N.Y. – African Americans and other people of color in Syracuse and across the state face racial barriers to credit that hold them back from buying homes and building the household wealth that whites often enjoy.
Read MoreJones-Rower, 47, is active on several government and nonprofit boards, including the Greater Syracuse Land Bank Citizens Advisory Board, Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board, Onondaga Earth Corps, Tomorrow’s Neighborhoods Today, Housing Visions and Home HeadQuarters.
Read MoreIn an attempt to save the Gillett House and the former Trinity Episcopal Church and its parish house, a neighborhood resident group called Strathmore Community Development purchased the properties for a combined $185,000 in 2018. A year later, it secured a $200,000 loan from Home HeadQuarters.
Read MoreCounty Executive Ryan McMahon, on Tuesday, announced the county would direct more of its own dollars to replace windows and doors in Syracuse homes found to have heavy lead paint.
Read MoreOther partners in Syracuse’s urban forestry efforts include SUNY ESF, the Gifford Foundation, Syracuse Land Bank and Home Headquarters. Through its Neighborhood and Business Development Department, the city will work those groups on neighborhood beautification projects and efforts to make tree planting a part of affordable housing initiatives.
Read More“I’ve been in this business, you know, 35 years or so in this market and it’s without a doubt the most challenging time I’ve ever seen to try and purchase a home,” said Kerry Quaglia, CEO of Home HeadQuarters.
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