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Housing
Refugee Housing
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 Refugee
Housing Orientation Booklet
An excellent resource for refugees moving into their new
home. Information is provided on paying your bills, maintaining
your apartment, safety and security, mail and notices, being
a good neighbor, and energy conservation.
Buying and Selling a Home
- http://www.freddiemac.com/homebuyers/
"Your
Route to Home Ownership" by Freddie Mac. This
is an in-depth resource for home buyers covering the subjects of
researching home ownership, learning about credit, banking on a mortgage,
opening the door, planning a move, remodeling your home, understanding
refinance and a homebuyer education glossary.
- http://www.wra.org/Consumer_Resources/Buy_Guide/default.htm
This
First-Time Home Buyers Guide from the Wisconsin Realtors Association
(WRA) takes you step by step through the home buying and mortgage
process and addresses these topics: homeownership benefits; glossary
of terms; buyer agency; shopping for a home; financing; offer, negotiation,
and contract writing, closing, and homebuyers tools.
- http://www.wra.org/Consumer_Resources/Seller_Guide/default.htm
This
is the Home Seller's Guide form the WRA and discusses
tax benefits for home sellers, buy agency, marketing your home, pricing
your home, financing, and negotiating and closing.
- http://www.wra.org/Resources/resource_pages/mortgage_loan.htm
This is the mortgage loan assistance page by the Wisconsin Realtors
Association. Topics addressed include predatory lending signs, consumer
resources, predatory lending, and homebuyer handouts.
- http://www.wra.org/Resources/resource_pages/Insurance_resources.htm
The
Wisconsin homeowner's insurance resource page from the
Wisconsin Realtors Association. This page covers information on credit
reports, credit scores, insurance scores and more.
Housing Options
Home Care
- http://www.uwex.edu/ces/house/
About the House. This link provides answers to common home
care questions.
- http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/cp/consumerinfo/cp/factsheets/home_improvement.html
This home improvement fact sheet from the Dept of Ag, Trade and
Consumer Protection provides tips on hiring a contractor for home
improvements.
- http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/indoorair/mold/index.html
The
Minnesota Department of Health information on indoor mold. Topic
addressed include what is mold and how it grows, the health effects,
home investigation for mold, and clean-up and removal.
- http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/eh/HlthHaz/fs/moldclean.htm
Mold in Your Home: Cleaning Options. From the Wisconsin Department
of Health and Family Services, this site contains detailed instructions
for safely cleaning mold from the home.
- http://www.uwex.edu/ces/house/homeworks.html
HomeWorks
News is a series of four easy-to-read seasonal
newsletters designed to provide timely information to new homeowners,
particularly first-time homeowners. Newsletters deal with topics
such as damp basements, caring for your lawn and new landscape plants,
cleaning gutters, heating system maintenance, indoor air quality,
frozen pipes, carbon monoxide concerns, what if you can’t pay
your bills, hiring a contractor, avoiding home repair fraud, home
equity loans and predatory lenders, exterior maintenance, should
you do a repair yourself?
Home Safety
Housing Information for Senior Citizens
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