Prospective Homeowners Get Additional Support
From Dominion Peoples
PITTSBURGH - Dominion
Peoples announced today they would support a series of home buying workshops
for prospective new homeowners. A $5,000 grant from Dominion Peoples will be
used for workshops that are organized and held at Neighborhood Housing Services,
Inc. of Pittsburgh (NHS).
Through a series of workshop classes held monthly, new homeowners
are exposed to timely information regarding homeownership. Topics covered in
the workshops include: pre-purchase education, mortgage financing, housing and
credit worthiness and post-purchase counseling, which cover utility awareness
and conservation.
"Purchasing a home is a serious commitment," noted
Lavette Bivins, interim executive director of NHS. "For those who are looking
to become first time homebuyers, it can be a rewarding experience. Dominion's
financial support enables us to continue these workshops and help individuals
understand the important issues involved when considering a home."
The grant was made possible through the Dominion Foundation,
which is dedicated to the economic, physical and social health of the communities
served by Dominion companies.
Locally, Dominion Peoples serves over 351,000 residential,
commercial and industrial customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. is a non-profit corporation
founded in 1968 on Pittsburgh's Northside and was the first grassroots housing
initiative in the United States. Currently, it serves as a model for over 260
housing and community development and homeownership organizations located throughout
the United States.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of
energy, with a production capability of more than 3 trillion British thermal
units of energy per day. Dominion has a diversified and integrated energy portfolio
consisting of 22,000 megawatts of generation, 4.6 trillion cubic feet equivalent
of natural gas reserves, 7,600 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline and
3.8 million franchise natural gas and electric customers in five states. Dominion
also operates the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system with
more than 950 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. For more information about
Dominion, visit the company's web site at www.dom.com.
