OUR PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE

First-time Homebuyers

Our trained and experienced counselors thoroughly review consumers’ household financial situations and make recommendations to help them prepare to become homebuyers, and also recommend down payment and closing cost assistance programs to help first-time buyers.
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Fair Housing

Fair Housing works to eliminate discrimination in the housing market through the handling of complaints, paired testing, accessibility surveys to promote housing access for persons with disabilities, education and outreach for consumers, civic and business organizations and other housing agencies, the training of real estate professionals, and the training of co-op boards.
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Mortgage Foreclosure/Default Counseling

WRO assists homeowners who are experiencing temporary interruptions in income or financial hardship, such as for illness, causing nonpayment of the mortgage. WRO works with homeowners and the lender for possible options available to resolve financial hardships they are facing so they don’t go into foreclosure.
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Access to Home

This is a community grant-funded collaborative to make housing significantly more accessible for persons in low- to moderate-income households who use wheelchairs or have other mobility impairments. The focus is to reduce housing barriers that lead to nursing home placement and promote independent living.
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For Seniors (age 60 and older)

WRO provides emergency financial help for seniors in jeopardy of losing their homes, or being evicted.
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Independent Living

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General Housing Programs / Eviction Prevention & Utility Shut-off Prevention Services

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Rental Opportunities

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