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Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Laura’s Story
March 12, 2020![Laura Jones with Pistachio the dog](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Laura-Jones-1-1-scaled.jpg)
By: Laura Jones, schoolteacher, Santa Clara Unified I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase my first home through the Empower Homebuyers SCC program. I first heard about the…
![First Recipients of Measure A-Funded Down Payment Assistance Program Move into Homes](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
Press Releases, Updates
First Recipients of Measure A-Funded Down Payment Assistance Program Move into Homes
September 12, 2019![First Recipients of Measure A-Funded Down Payment Assistance Program Move into Homes](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
SAN JOSE, CALIF-The first recipients of a down payment assistance program, funded by the 2016 Measure A Affordable Housing Bond, have purchased their homes. The program, called Empower Homebuyers SCC, is intended to help households who make up to 120% of the area median income – the “missing middle” in Santa Clara County – become first-time homeowners.
![Alexa and Son, Empower Homebuyer SCC](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Alexa-Pham-and-Son-350x350.jpg)
Press Releases, Updates
Empower Program Welcomes New Homebuyers
September 12, 2019![Alexa and Son, Empower Homebuyer SCC](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Alexa-Pham-and-Son-scaled.jpg)
Empower Homebuyers SCC, the down payment assistance program created by the County of Santa Clara and administered by us has already helped ten individuals and families buy their first home. …
![Adria Quinones-Masur at February 19, 2019 Empower Homebuyers SCC workshop](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Adria-at-2.19-workshop-350x350.jpg)
Updates
Empower Homebuyers SCC Has Running Start in 2019
February 28, 2019![Adria Quinones-Masur at February 19, 2019 Empower Homebuyers SCC workshop](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Adria-at-2.19-workshop-scaled.jpg)
Empower Homebuyers SCC, the 2016 Measure A funded down payment assistance program created by the County of Santa Clara and administered by Housing Trust, has been off to a busy start in 2019 with several outreach events and more in the pipeline.
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Press Releases, Updates
New Down Payment Assistance Program Has Launched
November 19, 2018![Empower Homebuyers SCC logo](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/empowering-homebuyers-logo-cmyk-300x176.png)
Empower Homebuyers SCC – a 2016 Measure A down payment assistance program created by the County of Santa Clara and administered by Housing Trust Silicon Valley – is now open….
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Press Releases, Updates
New Empower Homebuyers SCC Program Provides Down Payment Assistance for First-time Homebuyers in Santa Clara County
November 19, 2018![New Empower Homebuyers SCC Program Provides Down Payment Assistance for First-time Homebuyers in Santa Clara County](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
ANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.—The Housing Trust Silicon Valley and County of Santa Clara are launching Empower Homebuyers SCC, a new down payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers in Santa Clara County.
![At the June 19th 2018 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Meeting](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/pic-of-BOS-meeting-350x350.jpg)
Updates
Housing Trust to Administer Empower Homebuyers SCC
June 28, 2018![At the June 19th 2018 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Meeting](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/pic-of-BOS-meeting-scaled.jpg)
At the June 19th Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meeting Housing Trust Silicon Valley was named the administrator of the county’s down payment assistance program. This is among SCC’s…