$75,000 for Urgent Home
Repair…
...Funding available under the Urgent Repair Program
provides grants for emergency home repairs and modifications
to homes of elderly homeowners and other homeowners
with special needs whose household incomes do not
exceed 50% of the area median. Eligible organizations
may request up to $75,000. For a listing of eligible
organizations, contact the North Carolina Housing
Finance Agency at www.nchfa.com. If you don’t
live in North Carolina, see what similar programs
your state government offers at www.govengine.com.
|
|
Emergency Money To Pay Rent
and Utility Bills…
…
The City of Leavenworth, Kansas contracts with Catholic
Community Services (CCS) to offer an Emergency Housing
Assistance program to families and individuals in need.
The program provides counseling and valuable referrals
to low-income city residents who are experiencing a
housing emergency. Participants may be eligible for
financial assistance for food, rent, utility bills
and other expenses. Contact: Catholic Community Services
(CCS), 716 N. 5th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048. (913)
651-8060. To see if your local government offers similar
programs see www.govengine.com.
|
|
|
|
Don’t Worry About
Filling Out A Grant Application…
...until you know exactly where you are going to
apply for the money and what the application looks
like. Most government grants for individuals for
business, education or housing are not very complicated.
But if you do get a complicated application, take
a look at http://www.cfda.gov/public/cat-writing.htm for assistance.
|
|
Michelangelo Is Often
Quoted As Saying That…
“…
inside every block of stone or marble dwells a beautiful
statue; one need only remove the excess material
to reveal the work of art within.” If we were to
apply this visionary concept to education, it would
be
pointless to compare one child to another. Instead.
all the energy would be focused on chipping away
at the stone, getting rid of whatever is in the way
of each child’s developing skills, mastery,
and self-expression.
From “The Art of Possibility” by
Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
|
|
“I Told You I was Ill”…
…
That is what Spike Mulligan, one of the founders of
a British satirical review from the 50’s and
60’s, put on his tombstone!
|
|
“You Have To Stop Being Successful In Order
To Plan For Failure”…
…
Sounds stupid, but it is one of the inevitable paradoxes
of success. Success does not last forever. In our fast
changing world, good ideas don’t last forever.
You have to keep changing with the world or the world
will leave you behind. The best way to handle this
is to plan for the failure of your success. Because
if you are not planning for its failure, someone
else is. It may be a changing market or a smart competitor
that leaves you in the dust. The hardest thing to do
is to start worrying about the future when the present
is so going well. But you must in order to survive
and keep growing…
|
|
40,000 Homebuyers Will Get
Up To $10,000 In Grants For Down-payments…
... That’s because HUD’s American Dream
Program announced it is giving out - $161.5 million
in grants for first time home buyers. Look for your
local agency that is giving out the money at http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr04-050.cfm.
|
|
$60,000 Home Loans With
No Interest For LA County Homebuyers…
...The Home Ownership Program (HOP) offered by the
Los Angeles County Community Development Commission
(LA CDC) provides assistance to low-income, first-time
homebuyers for purchasing a home. HOP provides loans
up to $60,000 or 25% of the purchase price in designated
target areas. Eligible properties are single-family
homes and attached or detached condominium units or
townhomes with a maximum purchase price of $290,319.
Contact the Los Angeles County Community Development
Commission at www.lacdc.org.
|
|
Tell US What You Want To
Hear About In The Newsletter…
…
. Write me at lesko60@aol.com.
|
|
New Custom Research Program
For Real Estate Investors and Home Buyers…
... Lesko researchers will produce a customized report
showing you 100 government and non-profit money programs
for real estate in your city or town. Never before
has anyone offered such a complete customized service
for such a low price! See www.howtogetagrant.com/grremr1.
|
|
