ING, BUILDING COMMUNITIES East Durham natives John and Ciera found stability to raise their two kids in the Blacknall Street neighborhood where our Agency has helped finance many homes. Their home purchase secured long-term affordable housing in a city where rents are quickly outpacing wages. John recalls when he first brought the kids to see the house: “We sat down and we looked around and I said ‘we are going to be staying here!’ And [my son] looked at me and looked around, and that was a peaceful moment for us.” More than 90% of our 2017 home buyers were first-time buyers. Ansel and Englund purchased their first house together through a local partner in Greensboro and have made it home to their two young daughters. Ansel, the pastor of the neighborhood church, and Englund, a former speech therapist turned stay-at-home-mom, wanted to live in the church neighborhood and make a difference in the lives of their neighbors and congregants.
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