AHEAD INC
EIN 42-1446447 · Housing & Shelter N.E.C. (L99)
What they do
to HELP FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS THROUGH LOW INTEREST LOANS. THE LOANS CAN BE UP to $10,000, PAYABLE OVER A MAXIMUM of 10 YEARS, AT A 3% INTEREST RATE, WITH AN EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENT AMOUNT FROM THE BORROWER. IN ADDITION, FROM THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND MONIES RECEIVED, OUR MISSION is to PROVIDE HOUSING REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE to QUALIFIED HOMEOWNERS, and to PROVIDE TENANT RENTAL and UTILITY ASSISTANCE to QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. IN ADDITION, A REVOLVING LOAN FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN RELATION to THIS PROGRAM for OWNER and RENTAL REHABILITATION LOANS. WE HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED A HOME BUYER PROGRAM. to QUALIFY for THIS PROGRAM, THE HOUSEHOLDS INCOME HAS to BE $100,000 or LESS AT THE TIME of THE LOAN, MUST BE IN THE 6-COUNTY AREA and INSIDE CITY LIMITS. FURTHERMORE, THE LOANS CAN BE UP to $10,000, PAYABLE OVER A MAXIMUM of 10 YEARS, AT A 3% INTEREST RATE, WITH AN EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENT AMOUNT FROM THE BORROWER.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1995
- Location
- PO BOX 1110, OTTUMWA, IA 52501-7110
- County
- Wapello
- In care of
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