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The Police Jury implements a Home Ownership Program through the
existing Section 8 program. The program will allow
for Section 8 assistance to go towards a mortgage
payment rather than a rent payment.
The families who participate in this program must
meet the basic Section 8 requirements, such as low
income, and must also meet additional requirements.
The participants must either be first time
homeowners or they must not have owned any property
in the last three years. Participants cannot have
defaulted on any previous mortgage. At least one
adult member of the participant family must have
been employed full-time for at least one year. The
family must attend home ownership counseling
classes.
In September of 2000, the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development introduced this new
initiative. The program is voluntary for housing
agencies. The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury is
pleased to be the first in Southwest Louisiana to
offer the program.
For more information, contact Deborah Tate at
337/437-3577. |
