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Freeport Offers Help To Homeseekers... People seeking homes in the village are helped by two munidpal programs: the village’s Homelindiog Service and its Homesteading Program. The Homesteading another on the way, my husband had to work at two Jobs Just to make ends meet. In our situation, it would have been impossible to save the am ^ n t needed for the Program Honlesteading raatqhes people to houses which have been standing empty. pos5ibIy.’for y e a r s /a d r ^ for vandals. RehabdiUting t^e housed with Federally provided Community Devel* opment hinds, the viJlageV Community Development Agency ' helps in the upgrading and stabilizing of neighbor hoods. The houses are spld for Sl^.OQO each. $200 downpayment and .low mortgage interest ratbs. One young homesteader writes about her ezperience and her feelings. My family and / moved to Freeport in October, 1964 and / attended Freeport Public Schools from fourth grade through high school Because we lived in rented apartments, we moved to various parts o f Freeport. First we lived down the street from Guy Lombardo: from there we moved to the waterfront near Woodclefr. Avenue, and then we lived on A tlantic A venue. _ I was married in 1976 and my husband and / first took an apartment in Queens. / was used to living in apartments, so I didn't miss not having our own house. My husband, however,' hod grown up in a private house, so naturally he wanted a house of our own. At the time, 1978, inflation was taking a turn for the worse and, with one child and down payrnent on .a house. We had heafd'about other HUD programs, where you can pur- chdse a house with a m inim a/' purchase priced i.e. SIO, How- . ever, they were all located in Queens and we wanted to live in Nassau County. When we heard about Freeport's Homesteading Program, wf sent for an applica tion, not quite beUevingjhat such a program really, existed. The entire program was suited to our needs. Best o f all, I was ^moving back to a town in which i grew up. Here there is a sense o f commimi- ty, with neighbors caring about property, each other and Freeport The proof o f Freeport's com munity pride is shown in the x Homesteading Frognim itself People cared enough not to let vacant houses stay that way, eye sores on every street.and hang outs fo r every teertager. With the ■ economy the way it is..plus the shortage o f housing, these'houses are being lived in and eared fo r by people who eouldn's afford one anyotheyway. 'Tl^^re is another benejit to the Homesteading Program, in that areas that were once, for the most part, segregated are now being integrated with a healthy blend of ethnic backgrounds and cultures, !t is a teaniing experi ence for everyone, including and • rnost importantly for the children, [n my opinion, the Homesteading Program has been an important .factor^ in achieving Freeport^s . new outlook and direction. Homefinders' Service THE BEAUTIES Of: .THE MtUAGE'S OLDEB HOUSES are appreciated by many whj are .fooking lor arch/feefura/ delights, solid oak floors and wood- burning fireplaces. Such a couple, and the house on which they themselves'wifi lovingly work, are shown in the above photo as they share with Village Mayor William H. White some of the pointers they have across in such publications as “The Old House Journal. “ BEFORE AND AFTER and what a dUference! The village’s Homesteading Program converted this vacant, boarded-up neighborhood eyesore into an attractive home, loved ' by its occupants and admired by all who see H- Stories tike this one are'comrhonplace in the village’s Housing Improvement Areas, as federal funds and the village’s Com munity Development Agency match houses to families to make homes. With a full-time coordinator and an active staff of volunteers, al\ of whom are village residents, the village’s Homefinders Servicer'vvithout com.-, missions, helps liomeowners, who must move, to sell their houses. In its four years of existence. Homefinders has • sold approximately 300 homes to families looking for the house of their dreams. Young families seeking their first houses and many families who desire older homes with all their ^h itectu ral beauties have come to Homefinders and have become happy, satisfied residents of the Village of Freeport. • Freeport Police Benevolent Association Welcomes the Oak Park Exchange Congress Delegates We know that Freeport is a good place to live Arthur L. Burdette President Th 1659 Free] tion Cong Nc early hom< then hom< coul( whal even Tt Smit Pine the 5 and' the g«a Post as a mos anio decs • mor gan teas F mar for the corr whe the pla( Hei Not hav 7 pro tou the the tioi page ten is Leaaer'Oc' 1 9 B '
