Chicago Community Housing Fair Helps Latino Families Buy and Keep Their Homes

“Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) will join The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the nation’s premier Hispanic youth leadership development and educational organization, at its Community Housing Fair at the Rauner Family YMCA in Chicago, IL, Saturday, April 28th, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Attendees will have the chance to learn — in English and in Spanish — about opportunities to purchase their first home, avoid predatory lenders and prevent mortgage foreclosure. The family-oriented fair is a product of CHCI’s HOGAR program, a
housing initiative that seeks to ensure that Latinos share equally in the American dream of homeownership.

Members of the press are asked to contact CHCI’s press office in advance. Who: Hon. Luis Gutierrez (CA-31) The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Neighborworks of Chicago Spanish Coalition for Housing When: Saturday, April 28, 2007, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Where: Rauner Family YMCA, 2700 South Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60608

Spanish for “home,” HOGAR has three complementary components: 1) a fellowship program which develops Latino leaders in the housing and finance fields; 2) community housing events that both increase financial literacy and improve consumer understanding about the mortgage process; and 3) research and policy analyses that address homeownership barriers Latinos face and the opportunities that exist for them to become homeowners.

About Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), a nonprofit and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization, provides leadership development programs and educational services to students and young emerging leaders. The CHCI Board of Directors is comprised of Hispanic Members of Congress, nonprofit leaders and corporate executives. For more information call CHCI at (202) 543-1771 or visit www.chci.org/. “

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