Home HeadQuarters, the City of Syracuse, community partners, contractors and residents came together to break ground on six (6) new single-family, affordable homes being built on Syracuse’s Southside as part of Syracuse Mayor Walsh’s RNI efforts and as part of NYS’s AHOP Program. All six homes are being built by NYS-certified Minority Owned Business Enterprises and will be available for purchase to income-eligible first-time homebuyers.
Read MoreThe ONAJAVA Coffee House project, with Home HeadQuarters developing the 1600 sq. ft mixed-use historic property that includes two 3-bedroom affordable apartments on the second level, was made possible with support from the City of Syracuse, NYS Empire State Development and the Allyn Family Foundation. The property sits at the entryway to a neighborhood long targeted by Home HeadQuarters with more than $60.4 million in loans and grants provided to families and 117 properties constructed or redeveloped.
Read MoreMayor Jared M. Kraham on Monday joined representatives from the First Ward Action Council, Home HeadQuarters and the New York State Division of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) to announce $5 million in New York State funds to help Binghamton residents complete critical home repair projects.
Read MoreSenator Sanders shed light on the systemic inequities faced by Black and brown communities, emphasizing how they often receive inferior products while paying higher prices. With such disparities persisting, Senator Sanders urged the Department of Financial Services (DFS) to play a pivotal role in addressing these issues, particularly by weighing in on the imperative matter of reparations.
Read MoreSyracuse common councilors Monday approved a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes what they say is a stronger focus on housing and governmental efficiency. The council unanimously approved about 30 amendments that reallocated funding within the $341 million budget, but otherwise maintains the same level of spending. Finance Committee Chair Corey Williams says they directed more money toward Home HeadQuarters, The Greater Syracuse Land Bank, and The Syracuse Housing Trust Fund.
Read MoreThe Syracuse Common Council may cut 14 vacant or proposed positions in order to redirect some of the $341 million in Mayor Ben Walsh’s proposed budget into housing development efforts.
Read MoreSo far, the state has committed $100.2 million for 15 projects approved by the state’s Homes and Community Renewal agency, which runs the program. Home HeadQuarters, a Syracuse non-profit that promotes home ownership, is approved to build 40 houses in Syracuse and is part of that $100 million.
Read MoreKerry Quaglia has hired and then sent into the world an all-star team of community leaders over his 28 years as CEO of Home HeadQuarters, a Syracuse nonprofit agency promoting homeownership and stable neighborhoods.
Read MoreKudos to Home HeadQuarters, the nonprofit housing organization based in Syracuse, for coming up with a novel way to finance home mortgages in neighborhoods being overlooked by traditional lenders.
Read MoreThe county is providing $280,000 for the Home HeadQuarters projects through the Onondaga County Housing Initiative Program, known as O-CHIP, which McMahon initiated last year with approval from the legislature. The nonprofit expects the new housing to cost $22.7 million.
Read MoreKerry Quaglia, the CEO of Home HeadQuarters, said his agency targets minority and low-income borrowers in the city because those groups are consistently under-served by most banks, mortgage companies and other traditional lenders.
Read More“Home HeadQuarters applauds New York Attorney General Letitia James for shining a much-needed light on racial disparities in homeownership and home financing across the state,” said Kerry Quaglia, CEO of Home HeadQuarters. “These racial disparities, or lack of equitable access to credit and quality housing for families of color, is the reason Home HeadQuarters was created almost three decades ago and is also why currently, every nine out of 10 new home purchases by families of color in Onondaga County is financed through our organization.”
Read MoreNew York State program expanded to include Central New York Homeowners can provide up to $50,000, in a 50/50 Loan/Grant, to address flood mitigation measures and make energy upgrades to the home.
Read MoreSyracuse Mayor Ben Walsh will help local nonprofit housing and community development organization Home HeadQuarters kick off their 16th Annual Neighborhood Block Blitz this Friday, September 15, 2023, at 9am, near the Creek Walk at Hunt and Rockland Avenues
Read MoreA $500,000 Program Related Investment (PRI) to Home HeadQuarters (HHQ) acted as a loan loss reserve to backstop first mortgages for new, first-time homebuyers in the city of Syracuse.
Read MoreThe Albany County Land Bank, Social Enterprise and Training (SEAT) Center, YouthBuild Albany, and Home HeadQuarters, Inc. were joined by elected officials, community leaders, neighborhood residents and YouthBuild Albany participants today to break ground on a new, small footprint affordable home prototype.
Read MoreIvonne Fernandez came to the United States when she was 20 years old to escape an abusive relationship. She came with children, the youngest one just 10 months old. She knew no English, had no employable skills and other than the girlfriend she came with, knew no one in this country.
Read MoreWe're zeroing in on our target area for this year's Block Blitz on Friday, September 15, 9am-3pm. If you live, own or work in the Elmwood-Creekside neighborhood, let us send some willing volunteers over to paint, patch, plant and more!
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