For Billy and Joleigh, having roots in San José means an abundance of family and proudly growing up as part of the Mexican American community. Thanks to the Empower Homebuyers…
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Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Two South Bay Teachers Find Happiness in Morgan Hill
October 22, 2021![Kristy and David Empower Photo 10.14.21](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kristy-and-David-Empower-Photo-10.14.21.jpeg)
Kristy and David are both teachers in the South Bay. Four years ago, when they moved from the East Coast, they settled in Morgan Hill and found they really liked the…
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Success Stories
“Permanent Home Feeling” – an Empower Homebuyers SCC Update
September 23, 2020![Empower Home buyers](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EmpowerHomebuyers_Will_Sarah_Caleb_9.23.20.jpg)
Housing Trust Silicon Valley’s virtual fall event, On the House, is on Tuesday, October 6. Get your tickets here! Empower Homebuyers – the Measure A funded down payment assistance program…
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Updates
Empower Homebuyers SCC Update
July 29, 2020![Empower Homebuyers SCC Update](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
Our Homeownership team continues to work remotely while finding ways to keep potential homebuyers engaged. In June and July, we held five Empower Homebuyers SCC Zoom webinars and a Lender…
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Updates
City of Santa Clara Below Market Purchase (BMP) Program Update: Open Application Period for Catalina Development
July 14, 2020![City of Santa Clara Below Market Purchase (BMP) Program Update: Open Application Period for Catalina Development](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
We are excited to announce that the next Open Application Period for the City of Santa Clara’s Below Market Purchase (BMP) Program will take place from August 3, 2020 through…
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Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Justin’s Story
May 8, 2020![Justin and kids](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Justin-and-kids-scaled.jpg)
An assistant principal at Branham High School and a single dad, Justin Ponzio dreamed of having a home for his kids – ages five and six – to live and…
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Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Megan’s Story
May 8, 2020![Megan Ostiller.Empower](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Megan-Ostiller.Empower-scaled.jpg)
Megan, a Bay Area native and a special education teacher at Union School District in San Jose, had been living in a tiny apartment in Campbell. In her third year…
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Success Stories
Home over Time: Michele & Don’s Story
May 4, 2020![Michele and Don and Curtis](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Michele-and-Don-and-Curtis-scaled.jpg)
Michele, an elementary schoolteacher, worked with our homeownership team in 2016 for our Below Market Purchase (BMP) program we administer for the city of Santa Clara. We caught up with…
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Updates
Homeownership at Work: First Empower Webinar Takes Shape
April 24, 2020![Homeownership at Work: First Empower Webinar Takes Shape](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
Since the Shelter in Place order began, the Homeownership team closed two loans for Empower Homebuyers SCC – the Measure A funded down payment assistance program created by the County…
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Empower Homebuyers SCC – Webinar on April 23, 2020
April 17, 2020![Empower Homebuyers SCC – Webinar on April 23, 2020](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/themes/housingtrust3.0/img/featured-placeholder.png)
Join Housing Trust Silicon Valley for a free homeownership webinar about the Empower Homebuyers SCC program!
Learn about this new down payment assistance program and how it can help you become a first-time homebuyer in Santa Clara County.