Aug
4
2009
New Homeowner in Richmond
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 8:23 AM IDA Program | Press Releases
Helping Women Toward Financial Security by Carol Hazard, Richmond Times Dispatch
Photo by P. Kevin Morley, Richmond Times Dispatch
With help from Uncle Sam, Courtney Valos moved this past weekend into her house in the Battery Park neighborhood in North Richmond. "I love old houses, especially the old arts-and-crafts-style houses," said Valos, a dental assistant. Valos, 32, is the fifth woman to buy a house through a
down-payment-assistance program facilitated through New Visions, New
Ventures Inc., a local nonprofit whose mission is to help women find
financial security.