These are stories of people who started out as participants and went on to find careers in the self-help program. Their time spent in the program gave them construction, project management and team-building skills that were perfect for leading other groups. The foundation of the program is hard work, and for these people that hard work and determination was also a calling to show others what is possible – homeownership.
Ms. Yvette has overcome divorce and many obstacles in her life to not only become a self-help homeowner through Florida Home Partnership (FHP), but to prove to single mothers like herself that it’s possible to achieve the American Dream of homeownership. Through dedication and hard work Yvette was able to provide her two daughters with a place of rest and ease, a place they were able to call home.
It was 1994 when Eileen Burke picked up a flyer about a new program promoting the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Self-Help Housing program, which claimed to offer “no money down and affordable mortgage payments to income-eligible homebuyers”. Having never heard of this program before, she was hesitant, but ready to make a life change.
