Duke Homebuyers Club

Meetings: Monthly Opportunities April – December, both in-person and Zoom

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About the Program

The Duke Homebuyers Club is a free resource that connects Duke employees and their family members with financial literacy, one-on-one counseling and homebuyer education and resources to prepare them for first-time or renewed home ownership.

The club offers differentiated support dependent on member need that includes: monthly information sessions, one-on-one counseling, monthly informal conversations, home buying resources and a workbook.

Sessions focus on topics such as the home purchasing process, budgeting, saving and building or repairing credit, and working with realtors, lenders, home inspectors and contractors. Community partners such as Community Empowerment Fund and Reinvestment Partners are invited to make presentations to the group as well as work with members one-on-one.

Participants have access to an online HUD certified homebuyer education course which can support first-time homebuyers in qualifying for various Below Market Rate (BMR), Below Market Program (BMP), and Down Payment Assistance (DPA) homebuyer programs and or loans.

Homebuyers Club Celebrates Its Legacy

Members of the Duke Homebuyers Club, founded in 2013, gathered to celebrate.

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A celebration with 2016 members

Truist Bank’s Autrice Campbell Long presents a end of program celebration gift to a new homeowner, Sheriffe Blake

2016 Homebuyers Club Certificate Recipients, with Reinvestment Partners Lorisa Seibel (right)

Members of the Duke Homebuyers Club talk with representatives of Duke Human Resources, the Duke Credit Union, and other local organizations during a meeting at Lyon Park Community Family Life and Recreation Center.

February 2017, Homebuyers Club Certificate Recipients

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History

Duke Homebuyers Club was launched in the Fall of 2013 out of a failed housing initiative in which Duke employees in the services industry were the target. Although homes were available for purchase the targeted employees were unable to access the purchasing opportunity due to credit scores. Homebuyers Club was created to fill that gap by providing free resources that connect Duke employees and their family members with financial literacy and homebuyer resources to prepare them for their first-time ownership.

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Impact Stories

A Key to Homeownership

Stacie Daye spends a lot of time at her kitchen island, creating meals such as Jamaican beef patties, shrimp curry and salads with collard greens, arugula and peppers from her garden. The kitchen island, with its sparkling granite countertop, is one of Daye’s favorite features in the north Durham house she and her husband Craig purchased in 2018.

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A Path to Homeownership

A wooden library stand at the corner of Ashley Strahm’s front yard. Inside the box sit dozens of books, free for borrowing. Strahm and her husband created their “Lending Love” community library after moving into their newly built home.

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No Place Like Home

When Bridgit Holmes closes on her first house, her favorite room will be the TV room. It’ll have plush chairs to sink into with a blanket and a good book. The TV remote will sit within reach, and everything will smell of lemons…

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