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Homebuyers Club meets first-time homebuyer education requirements. Classes are offered quarterly. Some topics covered during the Homebuyers Club:

- Budgeting

- Choosing a mortgage

- Do-it-yourself home maintenance

- Goal setting

- Identifying a "dream home"

- Negotiating a sale

- Predatory lending

- Shopping for a realtor, loan officer and home inspector

- Types of loans available

- Understanding credit and reading a credit report

- What to look for with a home inspector

Graduates may be eligible for a grant from the Scott County Community Development Agency for down payment assistance.

Private nonprofit company revitalizing neighborhoods by creating and supporting successful home ownership through a one-stop shop: - Counseling on home purchase - Financial literacy programs - credit, budgeting, financial planning - Foreclosure prevention, anti-predatory lending support and programs - Home Stretch home buyer workshops - Low interest and deferred loans for home improvement and down payment assistance; grants may be available - Programming in Hmong including Home Stretch Workshops, home buyer, financial literacy, foreclosure prevention programs - Renovated or new homes for sale NOTE: Does not provide rental assistance, rental units, or assist with other rental issues