LOOKING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN BROOKLYN?
New city-subsidized affordable buildings are coming to
Downtown Brooklyn.They’ll be available through NYC HPD’s
lottery system. Attend a FREE seminar to learn tips on how
to correctly fill out and submit housing lottery applications.
All events take place at 6:30pm
Housing applications are not available at seminars
Thursday JUN 11, 2015
Hosted by Pratt Area Community Council
Tuesday OCT 6, 2015 Hosted by Churches United For Fair Housing
Hanson Place Seventh-Day Adventist Church
88 Hanson Place
RSVP online at www.prattarea.org
Church of the Sacred Heart
30 Clermont Avenue
Sponsored by:
Hon. Laurie Cumbo, NY City Council 35th District, Hon. Walter T. Mosley, NY State Assembly 57th District
In partnership with:
Hon. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Congress 8th Dist.
Hon. Velmanette Montgomery, NY State Senate 25th Dist.
Hon. Daniel L. Squadron, NY State Senate 26th Dist.
Hon. Joseph R. Lentol, NY State Assembly 50th Dist.
Hon. Jo Ann Simon, NY State Assembly 52nd Dist.
Hon. Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
Hon. Stephen Levin, NY City Council 33rd Dist.
Brooklyn Community Board 2
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
CREDIT COUNSELING +
FINANCIAL LITERACY
ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING COUNSELING
Churches United For Fair Housing
(CUFFH) Counseling & Advocacy
Program (CAP) is held every Thursday
by appointment, offering free financial
guidance that includes:
•
General financial guidance
•
Help with affordable housing
appeals
•
•
Understanding your income in
relation to the affordable housing
guidelines
Assistance in preparing for the
interview process
The Fifth Avenue Committee Single Stop
Program in partnership with The Financial
Clinic offers FREE and confidential
individualized financial coaching every
Thursday from 11am-7pm. The financial
coach is available by appointment and can
work with you to create a financial plan
that includes:
MHANY Management, Inc. provides
a comprehensive Budget & Financial
Literacy Workshop and Personal
Counseling. This workshop covers:
Pratt Area Community Council’s Home
Services Department offers free Individual
Credit and Investment Counseling at their
Bedford Avenue location.
They also have a free Personal Financial
Course (4 sessions) that covers:
•
Budgeting and savings basics
•
Saving for a large purchase
Pulling, reviewing, and improving
your credit standing
•
Understanding and managing your
credit
•
Managing your money
•
Budgeting and banking
Creating a budget
•
What is credit?
•
•
Developing savings and investment
plans
•
Assessment of credit offers
Credit history, using credit wisely,
and increasing your credit score
•
Connecting to low-cost, nonpredatory banking accounts
Breakdown of a credit report and
FICO scores
•
•
Basics of borrowing and preventing
ID theft
•
•
Addressing identity theft and
outstanding judgments
What affects credit and
maintaining good credit
Guest speaker for Investment
Night, the last class of the course
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Identity theft
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In addition to weekly financial coaching,
the Single Stop program offers free legal
advice on consumer debt issues through a
partnership with Urban Justice Center.
For more information or to make an
appointment, call (718) 360-2906.
To make an appointment, please call the
Single Stop Appointment Hotline at (347)
844-0220.
For more information, please call
(718) 246-8080 ext. 207.
For more information, please email [email protected], or call
(718) 783-3549 ext. 315.
Churches United For Fair Housing, Inc.
66 Whipple Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Fifth Avenue Committee
621 Degraw Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
MHANY Management, Inc.
2-4 Nevins Street, 1st Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Pratt Area Community Council
Home Services Department
1224 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
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LOOKING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN BROOKLYN?
New city-subsidized affordable buildings are coming to
Downtown Brooklyn.They’ll be available through NYC HPD’s
lottery system. Attend a FREE seminar to learn tips on how
to correctly fill out and submit housing lottery applications.
Thursday June 11, 2015
6:30pm
Hanson Place Seventh-Day Adventist Church
88 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Housing applications are not available at seminars
RSVP online at www.prattarea.org
Sponsored by:
Hon. Laurie Cumbo, NY City Council 35th District
Hon. Walter T. Mosley, NY State Assembly 57th District
In partnership with:
Hon. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Congress 8th Dist.
Hon. Velmanette Montgomery, NY State Senate 25th Dist.
Hon. Daniel L. Squadron, NY State Senate 26th Dist.
Hon. Joseph R. Lentol, NY State Assembly 50th Dist.
Hon. Jo Ann Simon, NY State Assembly 52nd Dist.
Hon. Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
Hon. Stephen Levin, NY City Council 33rd Dist.
Brooklyn Community Board 2
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development