How does $5,000 towards your down payment on a home sound? Go inside Dollar Bank’s homeownership program

SUSAN KELLY IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT COUNSELOR FOR DOLLAR BANK. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) More African Americans taking advantage of Dollar Bank’s programs & Five thousand dollars towards a down payment on a home. It’s all yours. All you have to do is desire to become a first-time homebuyer, which, for many African Americans, sounds like music to their ears, and participate in Dollar Bank’s “The Way Home” program and follow the bank’s qualifications. Ondrea Taylor, 30, who is Black, told the New Pittsburgh Courier she can hear the music. She’s in the process of purchasing a home that Taylor and her two children will enjoy. “I’m tired of renting,” she said. “It’s just too hard to find a place, and they have all these rules when it’s not yours…it’s just a hassle to not own a home.” Taylor told the Courier the final straw was when she rented a residence from a private owner, who assured her that there were no issues with rodents or other creatures. One week later, Taylor was out of there, after finding out the place was infested with roaches. Taylor moved back in with her mother for a time to get back on...