Mississippi Home of Your Own Homebuyer Workshop Set for Waynesboro
Tue, 09/01/2015 - 01:00pm | By: Alma Ellis
Mississippi Home of Your Own (HOYO) will sponsor a free, one-day homebuyer education workshop Saturday, Sept. 12, for anyone in Wayne and surrounding counties interested in buying a home.
The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Waynesboro – Wayne County Public Library at 1103 Mississippi Drive #A in Waynesboro. The workshop is co-sponsored by the First State Bank. Light refreshments will be provided.
In its 18th year of service to Mississippians with disabilities and their families, HOYO is an award-winning program of The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies. HOYO was created to empower people to reach their individual dreams of owning and maintaining their own homes. Since 1997, HOYO has assisted more than 600 people with disabilities and their families in 65 Mississippi counties in becoming homeowners.
Forgivable deferred loans based upon need are currently available to eligible borrowers with disabilities in designated areas of the state through HOYO. More information about these grants will be available at the workshop.
HOYO focuses on creating a support system that identifies potential homebuyers, analyzes their housing needs and financial capacity and prepares them for homeownership. Applicants of the HOYO program must attend homebuyer education seminars to be considered for financial assistance in purchasing a home.
For more information or to pre-register for the free homebuyer education seminar, call Heather Steele at the Institute for Disability Studies toll-free at 1.888.671.0051.