Showcase of new, single-family homes in Tampa offers up to $60,000 in financial aid

Posted at 8:36 PM, Jul. 25, 2007

TAMPA, Fla. --- This is how you rebuild a neighborhood with families, not facades. The City of Tampa and Tampa's Housing and Community Development Dept. are hosting a New Single-Family Homes Showcase on Saturday, July 28, 2007 at the Ragan Park Community Center, 1200 E. Lake Ave. in Tampa.

The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Builders, lenders, community development organizations and city representatives will be on hand to assist buyers in qualifying for up to $60,000 in financial aid and down-payment assistance.

Florida Workforce Housing Network will be on hand to photograph the event and report on it over the weekend, which will also be shared here.

The video---hosted by YouTube---marks an important milestone in the evolution of this web site and the marketing of affordable housing in Florida. Click on the image at left to go to the YouTube page with the video, then click on that image to play the video (RealTown, which ranks as one of the most sophisticated and powerful web communities in real estate, does not yet accommodate YouTube video embeds but (I'm just guessing) will eventually do so as more Realtors learn of the power of this marketing format. RealTown is so sophisticated that the 'workaround' to present this video was very simple. So...click on the picture and we'll be glad to welcome your participation in this historic event.

If you'd like to email us with your name, we'll inscribe it in our Annals of History so you'll have something to show your grandkids one day.

Many thanks to Israel Segara, Contract Management Officer at the City of Tampa-Housing and Community Development's Ybor Service Center, for making this video available to our project.