Press Contact Only:
Margaret Matrone, NCHFA, 919-877-5606, [email protected]
Connie Helmlinger, NCHFA, 919-877-5607 [email protected]
A dedication will be held Wednesday evening, Sept. 26, for an Oakwood home that for 26 years has given formerly homeless men recovering from substance dependency a place to restart their lives. The renovation of Emmaus House, near downtown Raleigh, was undertaken by the NC Housing Finance Agency this summer to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NC Housing Trust Fund. Attendees at the event are expected to include representatives of the City, General Assembly, NC Congressional delegation and the Oakwood neighborhood, as well as the boards of directors of Emmaus House and the NC Housing Finance Agency, local churches supporting Emmaus House, contractors and builders who took part in the effort, and friends of Emmaus House.
Speakers:
Hank Tubbs, board chairman, Emmaus House
Bob Kucab, executive director, NC Housing Finance Agency
Robert Brinley, board member, Emmaus House
Mike McDade, resident, Emmaus House
Rev. Miller Hunter, Christ Episcopal Church
Rev. Nancy Pulley, Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
Date/Time/Location:
September 26, 6:00 p.m., 10 North East St., Raleigh
Press parking: Kip-Dell Lot, corner of New Bern Ave. and East St.
Onsite Contact:
Connie Helmlinger, 919-605-7126
The work was financed by a $250,000 deferred loan from the Housing Trust Fund, as well as more than 400 hours of volunteer labor by Housing Finance Agency staff and gifts-in-kind from contractors and others. General contractors for the Emmaus House renovation were Wagner Services Unlimited of Apex and Hartmann Home Improvements, Inc., of Wake Forest.
Emmaus House
Emmaus House operates three homes for working, homeless men leaving the Healing Place and other addiction recovery programs. It is led by Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Christ Episcopal Church and White Memorial Presbyterian Church and receives support from the local ABC Board. Emmaus House coordinates services for residents, including case management, health care, psychosocial rehabilitation and vocational support. Residents hold jobs, pay modest rents and establish mandatory savings accounts to build toward self-sufficiency.
NC Housing Trust Fund
Since its creation by the General Assembly in 1987, the Housing Trust Fund has built or rehabilitated 24,300 homes and apartments with a real estate value of $869 million and has generated 16,200 jobs. All 100 counties have benefitted. It benefits households with very low-incomes; nearly 82 percent of Trust Fund housing produced in 2011 serves people below 50 percent of local median income. The state’s Housing Trust Fund is managed by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, a self-supporting public agency that pays all the administrative costs.
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The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency is a self-supporting public agency. It has financed 206,000 homes and apartments in the last three decades, including nearly 83,000 homes for first-time home buyers. To learn more, go to www.nchfa.com or call 919-877-5700 or 800-393-0988.
