‘It’s like a 35-year head start’

“The fact that the statewide [homeownership] gap remains among the highest in the nation shows more must be done. What we have been doing for decades in the realm of homeownership and equitable access to homeownership isn’t moving the dial.”

Julie Gugin, Center president, quoted in a January 4, 2023 Rochester Post-Bulletin story as she promoted the Center’s legislative proposal to establish a centralized down payment assistance program for first-generation homebuyers.

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