Employer Assisted Housing Benefits Program Symposium for Nonprofits

Posted by on October 22, 2004

Employer Assisted Housing Benefits Program Symposium for Nonprofits
United Way Building, Philadelphia

Tough choices call for new ways of thinking.
Come to a symposium for nonprofit organizations, to introduce a new employee benefit program, Philadelphia Home.Buy.Now.

Launched this year as a partnership between the City of Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Transformation Initiative and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC), the Home?Buy?Now program joins the ranks of employer-assisted housing programs nationwide.

Wednesday, November 10, 2004
8:30 am – 11:00 am

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Seven Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Presentations by:

-Patricia L. Smith, director, Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, City of Philadelphia
-Sharmain Matlock-Turner, president, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
-Daniel Hoffman, consultant to employer assisted housing programs nationwide

Hear from the first Philadelphia nonprofits to enroll in Philadelphia
Home.Buy.Now:
-Melissa Long, director, People’s Emergency Center CDC
-John Friedman, associate head for financial affairs, Germantown Friends School

There is no charge to attend, but pre-registration is necessary. A continental breakfast will be served from 8:30 to 9:00 am; the program begins at 9:00am.

RSVP by November 4; reply to this email [santrom@gpuac.org] or call Shante Antrom at 215-851-1740.

More about Philadelphia Home.Buy.Now: The menu of flexible benefits includes home purchase assistance for down payments or closing costs, home improvement assistance and homebuyer education and counseling. City funds match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, an employer’s contribution for an employee buying a home in Philadelphia.

For more information visit the website www.gpuac.org or contact Tamara Grossett, manager, Philadelphia Home.Buy.Now, at tgrossett@gpuac.org or
215-851-1774.

Visit their website: http://www.gpuac.org


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