Each month that Temeka sets aside $100, she is putting her mother’s advice into practice: Pay yourself. Already, through Hope through Housing’s Money Match program, her commitment has generated $1,200 in savings. Money Match, which provides matching savings to...
Erika has always focused on just making it to the next paycheck. Rent. Bills. Groceries. As a 32-year-old single mother of three, every dollar had a purpose. Saving didn’t feel possible. “I always had just enough for my bills and my car payment, nothing...
CORE Academy Celebrates First Hospitality Program CORE Academy, Hope through Housing’s free job-training program, has celebrated the graduation of 12 students from its first-ever hospitality cohort. The hospitality track joins CORE Academy programs in property...
When her car’s transmission failed, Ninfa faced a $2,400 repair she could not afford. That moment pushed her to take control of her finances and enroll in the Money Match financial literacy program. Before joining the program, saving consistently felt out of reach....
Hope through Housing’s CORE Academy workforce training program has expanded to include Orange County – our third program expansion in less than a year – offering free hands-on training in high-demand fields for residents of low-income households. On March 4, 16...
Lashon, a grandmother from Arbor Villas in Orange, once saw credit as a complete mystery. Ninfa, who lives at Shadow Hill in Santee, could never figure out where her money was going. And Evamarie, a resident of Mountainside in Rancho Cucamonga, couldn’t figure out how...
