**JOB OPENING** Background in finance, real estate or development? Interested in putting that experience to work for a growing non-profit housing agency making a difference in the community? HOPE has an opening for a Single Family/Homeownership Development Coordinator. Salary commensurate with experience; range of $27,500 to $34,500. Submit a letter of interest, resume and 3 references by September 2, 2010, to Executive Director, HOPE, Inc., PO Box 743, Wytheville, VA 24382. HOPE is an EOE. Click here for the job description (pdf).

Plan to attend the annual concert to benefit HOPE on Sunday, November 7, 2010, presented by St. Paul United Methodist Church. More details will be forthcoming.

Click here to provide input on Governor McDonnell's initiative to develop a statewide housing policy addressing homelessness and affordable housing, among other issues. Input must be received by July 9, 2010.

HOPE's Executive Director, Andy Kegley, recently received an award from the Virginia Housing Coalition. Click here to read the press release (pdf).

Click here to view HOPE's partner, the Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises (FAHE) fiscal year 2009 Annual Report featuring a HOPE client success story on page 9.

Click here for Resources for Rural Families Coping with Economic Stress and Anxiety published by the Virginia Cooperative Extension (pdf).

Click here for HOPE's most recent audited financial statements for years ending June 30, 2009 and 2008 (pdf).

April is Fair Housing Month. Federal Fair Housing Law prohibits discrimination against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, family status or national origin.  Click here for a Fair Housing Resource Guide.

Appalachian Power offers enhanced payment options to customers. Click here to learn more.

Assurance Wireless is offering free cell phones and wireless service to low income residents in Virginia. Click here to see if you are eligible or to learn more.

President Obama extends and expands the homebuyers tax credit. Click here to learn more.

Click here for holiday spending tips, maximizing tax time via Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and free tax preparation from the Virginia Individual Development Accounts (VIDA) Program (pdf).

HOPE's partner, the Federation for Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc. (FAHE), receives Wachovia NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance. Click here to watch the FAHE awardee video featuring a clip from HOPE's Executive Director, Andy Kegley, and Deerfield resident, Joe Semones. (Under 2009 Videos.)

With the recession and economic re-set underway, the Commonwealth of Virginia convened an online poverty summit on July 18. Click here to see the presentations and to make your own suggestions to the Governor’s Task Force.

Click here to learn how HOPE's I'M HOME partner, Frontier Housing, plans to replace pre-1976 mobile homes with new energy efficient manufactured homes through pending legislation that would offer $7,500 rebates to purchasers (pdf).

Local photographer and friend of HOPE, Susi Lawson, contributed award winning photos to the Virginia Poverty Law Center’s project, "Through Different Eyes: The Faces of Poverty in Virginia." Copies of the book are available for sale at the HOPE office or click here to order online from the Virginia Poverty Law Center.

HOPE Newsletter and Annual Report 07-08 and 08-09, Spring 2010 (pdf)

HOPE Newsletter, Summer 2008 (pdf)

HOPE Newsletter, Spring 2008 (pdf)

HOPE Newsletter and Annual Reports07 (pdf)

Program provides Fresh Start, Wytheville Enterprise, July 6, 2010 (pdf)

Advocates seek more resources for mentally ill homeless, Wytheville Enterprise, February 12, 2010 (pdf)

The stress of keeping a roof overhead, Wytheville Enterprise, January 29, 2010 (pdf)

Ex-offenders face fear of having no where to go, Wytheville Enterprise, January 26, 2010 (pdf)

Mission:  Count region's homeless population, Wytheville Enterprise, January 22, 2010 (pdf)

Grant funding to help with housing, Wytheville Enterprise, September 12, 2009 (pdf)

First-time homeowners settle in, The Gazette, July 6-7, 2009 (pdf)

Budgeting HOPE Available, Wytheville Enterprise, January 27, 2009 (pdf)

Information Consolidation, Wytheville Enterprise, May 30, 2008 (pdf)

Morini "Pedals" Cycling in Schools, Wytheville Enterprise, February 20, 2008 (pdf)

HOPE Programs and Services (pdf)

HOPE Community Information System (HCIS) Information Sheet (pdf)

Homeownership Program-A Different Approach to Home Mortgages (pdf)

Fair Housing Resource Guide (pdf)

Deerfield Update, December 2007 (pdf)

Deerfield Update, Spring 2010 (pdf)