Specifications include, but are not limited to:Teach HUD-approved curriculum (NeighborWorks America “Realizing the American Dream”) first time homebuyer classes on monthly basis to include scheduling, marketing, registering, facilitating, monitoring, and certificates of completion to applicants. 2. Provide at least one pre-purchase one-on-one counseling session to homebuyers referred by City staff. A maximum of 50 counseling sessions are estimated to be required over a 1-year period. 3. Provide written agreement for homebuyer to attend mandatory post-purchase counseling, estimated to be approximately 25 counseling sessions through June 30, 2016. 4. Schedule and hold follow-up sessions with homeowners at six and twelve months after closing to cover topics such as predatory lending, taxes, refinancing, maintaining a household, budgeting, home maintenance and foreclosure prevention. 5. Prepare and submit monthly demographic reports to document certifications awarded, income levels, family size of all attendees and progress towards homeownership.
