Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 1, 1 January 1994 — Homestead "Homebuyer's Club" opens [ARTICLE]

Homestead "Homebuyer's Club" opens

Want to buy a house at an affordable price? Are you ready to be a homeowner? What are the responsibilities, advantages and disadvantages? Where do you begin the process - qualifying for a Ioan, obtaining blueprints, etc.? The Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawai'i (SHHCH) will be offering a homebuyer's club in whieh these questions as well as others will be answered. In addition to information on how to qualify for a loan, responsibilities of homeownership, advantages and disadvantages

of being a homeowner, budgeting, establishing credit, obtaining contractor bids etc., SHHCH staff will provide loan eounseling to families. As a pilot project, the homebuyer's club will be offered to lessees in Nānākuli, O'ahu; Waiehukou, Maui; and Anahola, Kaua'i. The homebuyer's club will be a series of informational sessions offered free of charge for four weeks. For more information eall Claudia Shay at 842-7111 (from O'ahu) or 1-800-336-4035 (from Neighbor Islands).