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First time home buyer
December 18, 2024
Progress in Black homeownership is declining, according to the 2024 State of Housing in Black America report.
April 17, 2024
DETROIT (AP) — Home values in Detroit — especially for Black residents — have increased by billions of dollars in…
HGTV 2023 Urban Oasis home giveaway, who won the 2023 HGTV Urban Oasis home giveaway, HGTV 2023 Urban Oasis winner, Who won the HGTV Urban Oasis 2023?, Has the winner of HGTV 2023 Urban Oasis been announced? theGrio.com
March 29, 2024
“Tears started rolling” when deaconess Phyliss Jackson-Polk learned that she’d won HGTV's 2023 Urban Oasis home.
First time home buyer
March 1, 2024
Here are some tips from theGrio to aid first-time home buyers as they navigate the process of finding their dream…
Navy Federal mortgage rates
December 15, 2023
Navy Federal Credit Union has the greatest discrepancy in mortgage approval rates between white and Black borrowers of any major…
Habitat for Humanity Ballard townhomes
January 20, 2023
A new program aims to help Blacks in Seattle buying homes through Habitat for Humanity eliminate up to $50,000 in…
Philly 5 by 25, Black homeownership
October 20, 2022
Nonprofits across Philadelphia are collaborating for the Philly 5 by 25 initiative, which aims to boost Black and brown homeownership.
Vice President Kamala Harris
October 8, 2022
“The [racial] wealth gap is massive. It won't close overnight and no matter what you do to try to close…
Murial Bowser_TheGrio
October 4, 2022
DC Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is on a mission to boost Black homeownership by 20,000 residents by 2030.
September 1, 2022
Program participants must live in census tracts with more than 50 percent African American and/or Hispanic-Latino residents.
DCMayorMurielBowser, homeless people
August 23, 2022
D.C. is taking steps to boost Black homeownership as the nation continues to grapple with a booming housing market.
July 4, 2022
Tenesia Brown founded Key’s Realty Group five years ago to leave a lasting legacy in the east side community she…
June 1, 2022
A proposed historic district in the Riverside Terrace neighborhood of Houston has divided residents in the historically Black enclave. 
May 11, 2022
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency released a report on Wednesday that highlights the disparity in mortgage lending in the state.
April 29, 2022
Home prices in metro Orlando are said to be on the rise after real estate investors purchased nearly half of…