Belmont Housing Resources for WNY is a nonprofit HUD housing counseling agency whose objective is to provide housing and financial education services.
Belmont Housing Resources for WNY emphasizes homeownership, postsecondary education, and business capitalization with the goal of increasing the number of families at or above the self-sufficiency level in Erie County. Belmont Housing Resources for WNY has been successful in providing housing and financial education to low-income women.
Partners
Belmont Housing Resources for WNY partners with CASH Buffalo, United Way, Red Cross, Community Action Organizations, Erie County Department of Social Services, and other government agencies to provide financial literacy education, housing education, referrals, microenterprise development, and social services.
Assets for Independence Grant History
Project Title
Individual Development Account Program
Highlights/Outcomes
157 IDAs have been opened.
1,157 participants have received financial education.
$107,194 saved by participants.
43 participants have purchased an asset.
Total AFI Funding
Total AFI Grant Funding:
$284,650
Total Non-Federal Support: $284,650
Focus Population
Belmont Housing Resources for WNY focuses on eligible female heads of household who live in public/subsidized housing in the City of Buffalo, New York.
