Virginia CASH Campaign Highlights

Virginia CASH Campaign Highlights a Successful Tax Filing Season

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Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 3:20 PM - Categories: Coalition Partners

Center for Responsible Lending Webinar

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency: How the New Agency Will Protect Consumers from Predatory Lending

Join the Center for Responsible Lending at 2pm on Thursday, August 13th for an informative webinar about the proposed new agency, how it will work, why the industry wants it to fail and what you can do to help its passage.

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Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 7:57 AM - Categories: Conferences/Webinars

New Homeowner in Richmond

Helping Women Toward Financial Security by Carol Hazard, Richmond Times Dispatch

Photo by P. Kevin Morley, Richmond Times Dispatch

With help from Uncle Sam, Courtney Valos moved this past weekend into her house in the Battery Park neighborhood in North Richmond.

"I love old houses, especially the old arts-and-crafts-style houses," said Valos, a dental assistant.

Valos, 32, is the fifth woman to buy a house through a down-payment-assistance program facilitated through New Visions, New Ventures Inc., a local nonprofit whose mission is to help women find financial security.

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Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 8:23 AM - Categories: Press Releases | IDA Program