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Industry
Involvement
First
Housing is a current member of:
- MBA
(Mortgage Bankers Association of America)
- NALHFA
(National Association of Local Housing
Finance Agencies)
- FAHRO
(Florida Association of Housing and
Redevelopment Officials)
- Florida
Association of Local Housing Finance
Authorities
- Florida
Bankers Association
- Florida
Chamber of Commerce
- Florida
Housing Coalition
- SAHMA (Southeastern
Affordable Housing Management Association)
- NCSHA
(National Council of State Housing Agencies)
- Tampa
Chamber of Commerce
- Westshore
Alliance
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Douglas
McCree,
CMB, President/CEO
First Housing is a member of the following
organizations, in which Mr. McCree is actively
involved. |
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MBA
(Mortgage Bankers Association of America)
Professional Membership Certified
Mortgage Banker since 2004. Chair -
Mortgage Action Alliance, Vice Chair
- Legislative Committee, Vice Chair
- MORPAC, Member - Multifamily Steering
Committee
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Florida
Housing Coalition Member
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NCSHA
(National Council of State Housing Agencies)
Professional Membership
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NALHFA
(National Association of Local Housing
Finance Agencies) Professional
Membership
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Community
Service
Charitable
Contributions
At
year-end 2008, donations were made to the following
nonprofit entities from the Corporation.
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Immokalee
Child Care Center
(Immokalee) provides subsidized child care
services (including breakfast, lunch, and
a snack each day) to the children of migrant
farm workers and other low income working
families ($2,000).
- Paint
Your Heart Out Tampa organizes
a one day volunteer effort to paint the homes
of the low income, elderly residents of Tampa
($1,500).
In addition, at
year-end 2008, a $2,000 donation was made to each
of the non-profit entities from the First Housing
Foundation, Inc.
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Angelwood,
Inc. (Jacksonville)
provides residential group homes for children
and adults with disabilities where they can
learn valuable skills that assist them in
utilizing community resources that could lead
to future independence.
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Children's
Home Society of Florida
(Winter Park) provides approved family
homes for homeless and dependent children
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Community
Enterprise Investments.
Incorporated
in 1974, Community Equity Investments,
Inc. is a nonprofit agency serving Escambia
County, Florida. The agency's Homeownership
Program was initiated five years ago to
provide affordable housing and homeownership
training and counseling to low and moderate-income
families.
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Florida
Community Loan Fund
serves those persons, organizations, and projects
with insufficient access to capital from conventional
sources. Its financing supports local community
development activities conducted by organizations
that are accountable to, governed by, or otherwise
based in the communities they serve. These
projects are planned and implemented with
the intention of changing the long-term economic
and social environment for poor and other
disenfranchised persons.
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Harbor
House (Jacksonville)
provides safe shelter, a 24-hour crisis hotline,
counseling, and emotional support, and legal
advocacy for thousands of domestic violence
survivors and their children each year. Harbor
House also prepares survivors for re-entry
into the community - connecting them to resources
that will enable them to live independently,
safely and peacefully.
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Habitat
for Humanity of Greater Miami builds
homes and communities in partnership with
low-income families within the Greater Miami
area.
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Friends
of Joshua House Foundation, Inc.
(Tampa) provides an emergency shelter home
for Tampa Bay's abused, neglected and abandoned
children.
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Keystone
Challenge Fund
is
a nonprofit corporation established in 1991
with a primary purpose to operate for the
advancement of affordable housing. Their mission
is to provide homebuyer education and affordable
financing to low and moderate income homebuyers.
- Kimberly
Home,
a transitional housing program created to meet
the specific needs of expectant mothers in crisis.
The home offers a secure and nurturing environment
where they can learn how to care for themselves
and their babies, and eventually transition
to independent living.
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Miami-Dade
Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
A
countywide organization that develops affordable
single-family housing and provides home ownership
counseling in English, Spanish and Creole
under their Mortgage Ready Partners Program
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Refuge
House
(Tallahassee) provides emergency shelter,
counseling, and community education and training
for abused women and children.
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The
Spring of Tampa Bay, Inc.
(Tampa) provides sanctuary and services
to abused women and their victim children.
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