Enabling Housing Stability Through Asset Building

Date:

15 September, 2015

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Eastern Time

Hear from two non-profit organizations enabling housing stability by empowering those living on low-incomes to build savings and financial capacity through supportive programs and services:

SEED Winnipeg will provide an overview of how their financial empowerment programs have supported access to stable and affordable housing. SEED’s presentation will highlight their Inner City Homebuyer IDA Program, which provides financial literacy education as well as down paymentand closing cost assistance to low-income families through a 1:1 savings-matching program.

Boston, MA based Compass Working Capital will also be on hand to discuss their Family Self-Sufficiency Program, the first public-private partnership of its kind in the U.S. offering a scalable housing-based model that helps residents of federally subsidized housing to build financial security and reduce reliance on public assistance.

Don’t miss this webinar exploring various program models, partnerships and approaches to reaching those who are the most financially excluded. Through insights into SEED Winnipeg and Compass Working Capital’s individualized financial training tools and savings programs, you will learn more about how asset management is one of the key pillars to building results based pathways out of poverty.