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NHS offers virtual classes for future homeowners

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Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Los Angeles County is offering free workshops and $99 FasTRAK classes to encourage prospective homeowners.

When you complete the FasTRAK class, you will receive a certificate that verifies you have attended a pre-purchase, homeowner buyer workshop. This certificate is required to qualify for many of the special local, state and federal loan programs.

A virtual, two-part FasTRAK Homebuyer Saturday Class will be offered on Zoom from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 22.

“Home matters to people,” said Lori Gay, president and CEO of NHS. “They need to feel safe, they need to feel they’re in a place that’s habitable.”

Gay said that word-of-mouth is the number one factor that brings people to her organization. After seeing someone they know take a course in financial literacy or budgeting, or become a homeowner, that success shows others that they can do it.

In recent months, providing that assistance was made more difficult by the onset of COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown.

“We had to move everything online.” Gay said. “This is the first time in our history where people are working remotely.” She added that the move is even more difficult for an organization that relies on the power of personal connections with its clients.

For additional information, visit https://nhslacounty.org/, or call (213) 381-2862.

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