Community showed up for SPAAR’s Fourth Annual Housing Resource Fair

SPAAR hosted its Fourth Annual Housing Resource Fair on September 24 at the International Institute of Minnesota, and dozens of community members attended.

In addition, about 20 nonprofit and government organizations staffed tables where they shared a wide variety of programs and resources that included down payment assistance, first-time homebuyer programs, home improvement loans, homebuyer education, rental assistance, homeless services information and much more.

FOX-9 TV news also showed up to cover the event; SPAAR member and Realtor® Casey Zebrev served as the event spokesperson.

This year's participating organizations included:

• Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
• Neighborworks Home Partners
• Minnesota Housing
• Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA)
• City of Saint Paul Down Payment Assistance Team
• Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative
• St. Paul Department of Human Rights & Economic Equality
• St. Paul Office of Financial Empowerment
• Ramsey County
• International Institute of Minnesota
• Clues (Latino Communities United in Service)
• Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority
• Washington County Community Services
• Washington County CDA
• National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)
• The Alliance
• Keller Williams Integrity Bilingual Connect

And a special shout out to NorthstarMLS, which served as this year's event sponsor.

SPAAR looks forward to hosting and growing its annual Housing Resource Fair again next year.