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Fahe Receives $300,000 Grant to support Central Appalachia

September 15, 2020

Fahe has received a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation that will support housing stability across Central Appalachia.  This funding is critical as we address the ongoing impact of

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Out of the City and into the Holler: COVID-19-Encouraged Migration as a Chance for Growth in Rural America

September 11, 2020

Written by Claire Hogg who served as an Advocacy Intern at Fahe. Beginning the early March days of COVID-19, many city dwellers found themselves flocking to rural spots to wait out the social

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Fahe Members Provide Community Stability through Crises with Homeownership

September 2, 2020

Fahe Members are dedicated to providing opportunity and stability for families and communities through increased access to quality housing. They work hard to prepare future and current homeowners for

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Fahe’s 40th Anniversary: Progress Through the 2000s

August 21, 2020

The early 2000’s brought a transition in leadership form David Lollis to Jim King.  It also marked a time of dynamic change for Fahe.  Over the past twenty years, Fahe had grown to over

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Announcing the MicroMortgage Marketplace – Small Dollar Lending that Increases Homeownership

August 4, 2020

Innovative pilots and partnerships are important steps in establishing the long-term availability of programs that provide access to homeownership and wealth-building to underserved

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Fahe Community Lending Closes Loan with Helping Hands Now

July 31, 2020

Fahe Community Lending (CL) recently closed a loan with Helping Hands Now (HHN), a nonprofit organization located in  Georgia, our first in the state of Georgia. The loan provides HHN with the

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Fahe’s 40th Anniversary: Progress Through the 90s

July 10, 2020

2020 marks Fahe’s 40th Anniversary of Building the American Dream in Appalachia.  Earlier this year during our Virtual Spring Meeting, we celebrated our birthday with the unveiling of a timeline

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Celebrating Our Impactful Partnerships: NeighborWorks America

June 10, 2020

Fahe is able to celebrate 40 years of Building the American Dream thanks to the support from great partners we’ve made along the way.  NeighborWorks America (NWA) has been an essential partner

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NeighborWorks Week 2020: Building Strong Communities Together Every Day

June 5, 2020

Every year during National Homeownership Month (June), NeighborWorks America (NWA) brings together tens of thousands of people in a week-long period of education and celebration of housing and

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The Missed Opportunity of Devastating Proportions

June 2, 2020

Recently the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a regulation substantially altering the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Fahe was among many urging the OCC to suspend this

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