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Amerifirst Financial269-420-8850 Bryon Mallernee For building or repairing credit, there is a service called the “What If” Simulator. An authorized user can pull a client’s credit report and get recommendations along with data on how much each change will increase their credit score. Bryon Mallernee of Amerifirst Financial is an authorized user, and is passionate about helping people improve their scores in order to buy a home. |
Battle Creek Board of Realtors7100 Tower Rd 269 962 5193 www.bcaar.com Talia Chaplin and Amanda Homeowners education programs, credit repair, qualifying awareness and help, application/mortgage/down payment program help. |
Battle Creek City Offices10 N Division Street battlecreekmi.gov 269-966-3311 Chris Lucier Trying to launch down payment assistance programs; 1200+ vacant lots available. |
Battle Creek Community Foundation Board(The same as Battle Creek Community Association)32 W Michigan Ave, Suite 1 ImpactInvestCom@Foundation bccfooundation.org 269-962-2181 Brenda Hunt Potential grants, COVID housing grant money funding. |
BC Coalition for Truth, Racial Healing and TransformationBeyond Separation Design Team734-771-4951 Rosemary Linares Developed home ownership seminars and educational pieces. Have created a Buyers Curriculum with checksheets, tool kit. |
Calhoun County Land Bank315 W Glen St. 269-781-0777 Kristen Trout-Edwards Funds for rehab and the owner of the empty lots that may be for sale around the city. |
Comerica Bank49 W Michigan 259-966-6314 Julie Brown Need more information about what specific programs they are developing for the Black Community and how we can partner. |
Habitat for Humanity595 North Ave 269-441-1038 Pat Moran Identify properties for sale, sweat equity programs, lower cost psf focus, not sole Black Community, focus on homeowner economic literacy. |
HUD ( Scalder Homes )250 Champion Street 269-965-0591 battlecreekhousing.org Home ownership opportunities programs–Rent to Own. Must apply and qualify. Option to purchase if desired and qualified. Currently 20 homes for rent to own. Scalder Homes used this government funded program and built brick homes 900-1100 sf, 2-3 bedrooms Avery Avenue, Baldwin Street, and Spring Street. |
John Banks–Motor Shop Electrical Construction Company40 Bartlett Street 269-968-2241 John Banks Internships and apprentice programs in construction and home building. Could build modular homes. |
Kellogg Community College450 North Ave 269-965-3931 RMTC Program–Innovative community driven training facility focused on teaching industrial trades and machinery/technical knowledge. |
Kingdom Builders – Bishop Tino Smith50 Spencer St. drtinowsmith.com 269-282-1490 Dr. Tino Smith Kingdom Builders is a church and community hub in the Post Addition area. Provides financial literacy classes, employment assistance and focus on building neighborhoods. In my notes says Pastor Lee from that church, sponsors a construction and training program for 18-25 year olds and helps provide work skills. |
Kool Family Community Center200 W Michigan Avenue 269-965-0000 Brenda Hunt Currently no program-related information available. |
Larry Rizer, ArchitectLarry Rizer Could design modular homes; and identify how to lower cost per square foot. |
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church636 W Van Buren St 269-964-0015 macedoniabattlecreek.org Pastor Timothy Traxler Currently no program-related information available. |
Michigan State Housing and Development Authority (MSHDA)Recommended MSHDA lenders: Bryon Mallernee
Titus Davis For down payment assistance, MSHDA (Michigan State Housing Development Authority) has a program that gives $10,000 interest-free loans in targeted areas. Battle Creek is a targeted area. Outside the targeted areas, the program allows $7500. The loan is paid back when the homeowner sells the house. There are income and price limits. To see if you qualify, contact the recommended MSHDA lenders above. |
Neighborhoods, Inc47 N Washington St 269-9968-1113 Arturo Puckerin Focus on modular homes or rent to own; own 56 homes; provides mortgage financing as CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) only one in BC. They have revitalized other neighborhoods and currently have a pool of interested candidates. Also a home repair program using $1k vouchers. |
New Level Sports Facility and Ministry400 Michigan Ave. 269-964-4172 newlevelsports.org Pastor Chris McCoy Focused on building lives and black home ownership as part of that. |
Purpose Built Communitiespurposebuiltcommunities.org Ted Dearing, Assistant City Manager Development strategies for improving neighborhoods through homeowner education, housing, and revitalization. Nationwide builders and developers focused on mixed income housing solutions. |
United Way of Battle Creek709 S Westnedge Ave 269-343-2524 Grant possibilities. The Village collaborative effort. |
Urban League172 United Way 269 962-5553 swmul.org Kyra Wallace The African Americn Collaborative; credit repair, down payment assistance; workshops on home ownership in the Black Community. Kyra at Freddie Mac has funds available. |
Vocational Tech CenterHave had programs where students learned construction skills and built homes. |
W.K. Kellogg Foundation1 E Michigan Ave 269-968-1611 wkkf.org |
Washington Heights United Methodist Church153 N wood Street 269-968-8773 Pastor Monique French Pastor French Is developing an end to end process to increase home ownership tied to the Black Community. Counseling, funding, down payment assistance, a pool of candidates. United Way CCG support. Tied to the philosophy of home ownership helping to create a more purposeful life, along with generational wealth. |