homes for sale in havenwoods

BUY A HOME IN HAVENWOODS

November's Feature Home of the Month...

7131 West Thurston Ave., Milwuakee, WI 53218 - $77,000

Call HEDC for more information (414) 431-2271

or email npowers@havenwoods.org

 

A Haven in the City...

Havenwoods is a vibrant diverse community located on the northwest side of Milwaukee. As its name suggests, the community offers the vitality and convenience of urban living in an area accented with natural greenery. Residents find a bit if nature on their own tree-lined streets and in their flowering backyards. Havenwoods State Forest , Wisconsin's only urban forest, offers the ideal setting for afternoon bike rides & family picnics.Those who enjoy sports gather at McGovern Park for a game of basketball, football, or baseball.

Affordable...

The housing stock in Havenwoods was primarily built in the late 1950s and into the 1960s. Heavily influenced by the trend toward suburban housing, the neighborhood features many ranch style and box style homes' styles which make updates easy and affordable.

Home Buying Education Opportunities...

HEDC partners with many of Milwaukee's non-profit home buying
education providers to help homeowners prepare for the purchase
of their first home. Courses can help you examine your income,
spending, and savings, as well as understand the home buying
process and the legal documents required for the transaction.

Not ready to buy a house yet? The home buyer education program
also offers one on one counseling to help you become financially
ready to make the big investment of your first home.

After participating in the program you could be eligible to receive grants toward the down payment and/or closing costs of the purchase. Ask the home buying education counselor to learn about the specific grants they work with.

Find out more at:

Housing Resources, Inc.

Select Milwaukee
 

               

NEED HELP WITH FORECLOSURES:

• Need Help Avoiding Foreclosure?
• Need Help Buying a Foreclosure?

     

Their purpose is to preserve and promote sustainable, diverse neighborhoods by encouraging and maintaining homeownership.  

By combining homeownership preservation with homeownership creation Take Root Milwaukee supports efforts to sustain homeownership and stabilize Milwaukee neighborhoods, through the efforts of the Milwaukee Homeownership Consortium. To learn more about this group and their efforts, visit our Trusted Participants page.

The City of Milwaukee, The Milwaukee Homeownership Consortium and Freddie Mac are co-sponsoring Take Root Milwaukee, which is designed to be a valuable resource that provides free or low-cost, reliable and trustworthy assistance to help you purchase and keep your new home. By buying, rehabilitating, and reselling foreclosures to informed and qualified buyers, Take Root Milwaukee will help to stabilize the housing market and prices in Milwaukee neighborhoods and the City as a whole. In addition, Take Root Milwaukee provides free or low-cost and confidential access to housing counseling and homeownership resources, including helping you understand and manage alternatives to foreclosure.

Whether you are thinking of buying a home or facing financial difficulties or foreclosure, Take Root Milwaukee has the resources to help.

Click Here to visit the Take Root Website

   

 

Neighborhood Stabilization Program
 

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 provided the City of Milwaukee with $9.2 million in federal funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) to address foreclosed properties in Milwaukee neighborhoods impacted by the foreclosure crisis. With input from the Milwaukee Foreclosure Partnership Initiative, the Common Council Special Joint Committee on the Redevelopment of Abandoned and Foreclosed Homes, and the community, the City prepared a plan to guide efforts to utilize the $9.2 million in NSP Funding.

Programs Include:

Click Program Titles for Guidelines

NSP Homebuyer Assistance Program

The NSP Homebuyer Assistance Program provides funding to help prospective homeowners purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed homes they will occupy as their primary residence. Both financial and technical assistance are provided as part of the program.

NSP Buy in Your Neighborhood Program

The NSP Buy in Your Neighborhood Program provides funding to help homeowners buy a foreclosed property within three blocks of where they live for rental purposes. Both financial and technical assistance is provided. If the property is in need of rehabilitation, homeowners may also use the NSP Rental Rehabilitation Program.

NSP Rental Rehabilitation Program

The NSP Rental Rehabilitation Program provides funding to help responsible landlords purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed homes for affordable rental opportunities. Both financial and technical assistance are provided as part of the program.

The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Plan and related activities for the City of Milwaukee can be found by following the link below.

 

www.mkedcd.org/milwaukeestrong/NSP.html