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to provide funding to achieve the necessary person with disabilities, moved from a pilot
remediation to move forward on the project. phase to permanence in CHFA’s Home Finance
Belmar became Lakewood’s premier shopping Division during 2001. For the program’s
and dining district in 2004, and now is home innovation, uniqueness, and opportunity to be
to 76 shops, 20 restaurants, and more than replicated in other states, the division received
3,000 residents. an award of excellence from the National
Council of State Housing Agencies. CHFA
2001 HomeAccess has served 1,515 homeowners
since the program’s inception.
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program becomes One such customer was Christine McDonald.
permanent After becoming discouraged with rental
market options, Christine McDonald’s parents
CHFA’s HomeAccess program, designed to researched the CHFA HomeAccess program
provide homeownership opportunities for and realized that Christine could own a home
people with a disabilities or the parents of a of her own. Christine was able to celebrate
independence when she purchased a two-
bedroom condo, with the extra room used for
in-home care if she should ever need it. She and
her cat, Rusty, love having a place to call home.

Left: Shops at Belmar, a business customer in Lakewood
Right: Christine McDonald and her family, a homeownership customer in Boulder