Media contact: Margaret Matrone
919-877-5606 or mamatrone@nchfa.com
Connie Helmlinger
919-877-5607 or cshelmlinger@nchfa.com
Landlords should contact Socialserve:
1-877-428-8844 or www.NCHousingSearch.org
RALEIGH, N.C. (December 1, 2006) — The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency has partnered with SocialServe.com to create NCHousingSearch.org, a new statewide listing service for affordable rental housing. Socialserve.com develops and maintains Web applications that help agencies, property owners and the general public offer and find affordable housing. The company, which serves communities in several states, has provided similar web services in Asheville, Charlotte and Greensboro for the past several years. The N.C. Housing Finance Agency, along with other nonprofit partners, will enable NCHousingSearch.org to expand the service to communities across North Carolina.
The free service allows apartment managers and owners to list properties, describe amenities, provide photos and list eligibility requirements. Renters can search up-to-date property vacancies and get contact information. A bilingual call center also will assist landlords and renters. The site is currently recruiting landlords to list properties. Landlords should go to www.NCHousingSearch.org or call
1-877-428-8844.
The N.C. Housing Finance Agency cosponsors NCHousingSearch.com along with the Community Investment Corporation of North Carolina, the Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation, the Carolinas Council for Affordable Housing, the N.C. Interagency Council for Coordinating Homeless Programs, and the N.C. Department of Corrections.
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The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency is a self-supporting public agency. It has financed 170,000 homes and apartments in the last three decades, including 71,000 homes for first-time home buyers. To learn more, go to www.nchfa.com or call 919-877-5700 or 800-393-0988.
