Course Description

How do you set up homeowners for success from the start? How do you support homeowners in accessing safe, quality mortgages? What’s the best way for your program to build up a pipeline of qualified buyers? Register for this course to learn about policies and procedures to improve the way you relate to your homebuyers pre-purchase!

This course will focus on key policies and procedures related to program marketing, homebuyer education, fair housing, applicant pipelines, applicant selection, program eligibility review, permitted mortgages, legal document review, and data management. We will include a focus on racially equitable outcomes for Black homeowners and other marginalized households of color.

After taking this course, you will be able to identify key considerations for establishing policies and procedures that impact shared equity homeowners prior to purchase, including program marketing, homebuyer education, fair housing, applicant pipelines, applicant selection, program eligibility review, permitted mortgages, legal document review, and data management.

Each participant who scores 80% of higher on the 10-question quiz following the course will earn a certificate of completion.

In addition, all course participants will get access to the following resources:

Course recordings (for 30 days)
Powerpoint Slides

Suggested Audience

This is an intermediate level course designed for nonprofit and municipal shared equity homeownership and CLT practitioners.

It is best for individuals who are implementing or actively designing a shared equity homeownership program. A basic understanding of subsidy retention (or shared equity homeownership) is essential for success in this course.

Registration Deadline

The regular registration deadline is Wednesday, October 25, 2023. If applying for a scholarship, please submit your scholarship application by Wednesday, October 23, 2023.

Pricing and Discounts

The cost for this course is $220 (plus a 3% processing fee).

The following discounts are available:

Membership Discount: Members automatically receive a $50 discount when registering. Once logged in, members will automatically see member pricing reflected on this platform. If you are a member, are logged in, and do not see your member price when registering, please email learning@groundedsolutions.org.

Multiple Employee Discount: Are you planning to have multiple people from your organization register for courses? Once one person registers, they will receive a code for 25% off the registration price for additional participants from your organization. Additional participants can then use this code at checkout.

Need-Based Scholarship: If you are interested in applying for a need-based scholarship, please fill out this application form before registering.

Instructor

Julie Brunner has worked as a Housing Consultant specializing in Community Land Trusts while also serving as the Housing Director for OPAL Community Land Trust on Orcas Island, Washington since 2002. In her capacity as a Consultant, Julie’s work has focused on community land trusts and homeownership both regionally and nationally and includes housing and community needs assessments, organizational and board development, program design, project feasibility, project work-outs and project implementation. Julie works regularly with Grounded Solutions Network as both a technical assistance provider and faculty member. As OPAL’s Housing Director, Julie has worked on multiple housing development projects creating permanently affordable owner-occupied housing as well as rental units. She is responsible for policy development and lender relations, and she also works one-on- one with OPAL homebuyers to navigate the homebuying process. Prior to moving to Orcas Island, Julie served as the Director of Human and Economic Development for Athens-Clarke County in Georgia and as the Housing Director for a rural housing non-profit in West Virginia. Julie has a Master of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University and a B.A. in International Studies and Economics from Virginia Tech. She lives with her husband and kids on Orcas Island.

This course is sponsored by NeighborWorks America.

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