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Melissa Ames

Melissa Ames

Higher education teacher

Aug 7, 2026

10:00
Okay, so you said you'd talk a little bit about escrow because, you know, there might be listeners that... aren't uh familiar with that word or maybe are familiar with it in a different way for example i'm from the home ownership department so escrow to me means you're escrowing your taxes and insurance with your mortgage payment when you get a loan with one of our lending partners so as far as it goes for the restart program what does escrow mean
10:26
So when somebody comes onto our program, so you do have to be in a unit before coming in.
10:32
You don't have to have that subsidy with the Housing Choice Voucher Department.
10:37
You come on with your baseline income.
10:38
So you could have a zero income.
10:41
You could have an employment income, SSI, SSDI, child support, TANF.
10:46
You don't have to be employed at time of coming on the program.

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16:15
Speaking of that, do you have a favorite success story that you'd like to share?

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