Press Releases
HOME Files Housing Discrimination Complaint Against Richmond Retirement Community
February 5, 2014
HOME has filed a fair housing complaint with HUD claiming The Towers Retirement Community’s policies on the use of motorized mobility devices constitute illegal housing discrimination against people with physical disabilities.
Mortgage Refinance Bills Would Save $1.2 billion for 346,507 Virginia Homeowners
July 18, 2012
“These bills will benefit Virginia’s families significantly,” says Ali Faruk, Director HOME’s Center for Housing Leadership, “Given how the weak housing market continues to be a drag on our economy, we need to do all we can to make the housing market stronger. Helping Virginia homeowners refinance will reduce household debt and boost the economy.”
Report Evaluates Virginia Housing Crisis & Impact of American Jobs Act
October 17, 2011
The Center for Housing Leadership at Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia Inc (HOME) released a report today entitled “Virginia’s Neighborhoods and the American Jobs Act.” This report evaluates “Project Rebuild” in the American Jobs Act which provides for $15 billion to rehabilitate and refurbish vacant and foreclosed homes and businesses. The report analyzes which communities in Virginia have been hardest hit by the housing crisis and could benefit the most from this portion of the American Jobs Act.
