Beyond Housing’s Homeownership Center is helping make the dream of homeownership a reality for families in the St. Louis area.
We assist current and prospective homeowners from throughout the St. Louis region in their efforts to acquire and maintain their homes. Our educational workshops, one-on-one personalized services, and other services are designed to help families and individuals build and maintain wealth through savings and equity in their homes.
Catch the Dream – Keep the Dream: This unique homeownership program provides education and one-one-one counseling to prepare participants to make informed choices throughout the homebuying and homeownership. Catch the Dream includes:
- A free orientation session
- Private sessions with a homeownership counselor to review your finances and credit report
- Homebuyers' workshops
- Referrals to Beyond Housing partners, including professional lenders, real estate agents, home inspectors and property insurers.
- Click for Missouri Orientation and Training Schedule
We can help with down payment and closing cost assistance available to eligible families who purchase qualifying homes in jursidictions that are members of the St. Louis HOME Consortium and the City of St. Louis. For information about the current availability of funds, please check the right side of this web page for Breaking News.
Assets for Life: We partner with the United Way and other nonprofits to offer Individual Development Accounts (a matched savings program) that encourage families to save for housing, business and educational goals. Participants are required to attend financial fitness training workshops and they receive one-on-one credit and budget counseling. Matching funds are provided to help participants build wealth more quickly.
Homeownership Asset Preservation Initiative: With foreclosure rates drastically on the rise, we provide a proactive approach and early intervention to reduce the risk of mortgage delinquencies and mitigate potential losses. Our services are offered in partnership with the Homeownership Preservation Foundation. Click here or call (888) 995-HOPE for more information. Don't Borrow Trouble lists the warning signs of predatory lending.
Healthy Home Repair: For more information or to start the process call CDA at (314) 259-3431.
Bridge to Homeownership: Beyond Housing administers HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program allows Section 8 voucher holders to utilize their payment from the Housing Authority to make the dream of homeownership a reality. Participants must first qualify through the St. Louis City Housing Authority. They then attend training and counseling and get prepared to purchase a home with Beyond Housing staff. For more information, call the Housing Authority at (314) 531-4770.
I Can Save: (Click link for details) The I Can Save Program provides financial education and matched savings for students in the Delmar Harvard grade school in University City, MO. The project ended in 2007.