Join Housing Trust’s Homebuyer team to learn how the County’s down payment assistance program can help you buy your first home. All are welcome. Register Today! Empower is a loan to…
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Updates
For All Neighbors: A Short Update on Empower Homebuyers SCC
June 7, 2021![Empower Collage](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Empower-Collage.jpg)
Since Housing Trust started diversity, equity and inclusion work a few years ago, we’ve been trying to do more outward facing efforts for the communities we serve, such as creating…
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Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar Hosted by City of Mountain View – 2:00pm – 3:30pm
June 1, 2021![Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar Hosted by City of Mountain View – 2:00pm – 3:30pm](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar Hosted by the City of Mountain View – 2:00 pm August 12, 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm The City of Mountain View will host this Empower…
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Housing Trust Quarterly Lender Training – 2:00 pm – 3:30pm
May 26, 2021![Housing Trust Quarterly Lender Training – 2:00 pm – 3:30pm](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
If you are a Mortgage Loan Originator or Loan Processor, this quarterly training is for you! After this training, you can be certified to be a Participating Lender with Housing…
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Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar – 2:00pm – 3:30pm
May 26, 2021![Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar – 2:00pm – 3:30pm](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
Join Housing Trust’s Homebuyer team to learn how the County’s down payment assistance program can help you buy your first home. All are welcome. Register Today! Empower is a loan to…
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Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Room to Grow for Ahmed and Fatima’s Family
May 24, 2021![Mohammed - House front view](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mohammed-House-front-view-1.jpeg)
Originally from India, Ahmed and Fatima are naturalized U.S. citizens. Ahmed has lived in the U.S. for over 25 years and Fatima for over 30 years. Ahmed works in the…
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Updates
Housing Trust Holds First Spanish-Language Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar
April 9, 2021![Empower Webinar Speakers](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/April-6-Empower-Webinar-Speakers-Screenshot.png)
On April 6, our homeownership team held its first Spanish-language webinar on Empower Homebuyers SCC – the downpayment assistance program created by the County of Santa Clara that we administer….
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Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar Hosted by City of San José Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco – 3:00-4:30 pm
March 2, 2021![Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar Hosted by City of San José Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco – 3:00-4:30 pm](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
City of San José Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco is proud to host a homeownership webinar with Housing Trust Silicon Valley about the Empower Homebuyers SCC down payment assistance loan program! Join…
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Empower Homebuyers SCC REALTOR® Training
March 2, 2021![Empower Homebuyers SCC REALTOR® Training](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
If you are a REALTOR® who would like to help first-time homebuyers purchase a home in Santa Clara County with down payment assistance, please join us for this quarterly training!…
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Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Marcela and her Son
February 1, 2021![Woman and son in home](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Marcela-and-Son-in-new-house-1.jpg)
Sometimes a well penned letter can change things forever. When Marcela and her six year old son first saw the house she would eventually purchase with help from the Empower Homebuyers SCC…