04.09.2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 9, 2009
CONTACTS:
Jerilynn Martinez, 303.297.7427
Leslie Oliver, 303.274.7944
MEDIA ADVISORY
CHFA and Congressman Perlmutter Announce New Program to Bring Stimulus Dollars Home to Coloradans
(DENVER) - Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) and U.S. Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-7) will announce a new home mortgage program to help Coloradans leverage the $8,000 first time homebuyer federal tax credit into down payment and closing cost assistance on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. at CHFA's offices located at 1981 Blake St., Denver, CO 80202.
The first time homebuyer federal tax credit was authorized by Congress in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It offers first time homebuyers a maximum $8,000 tax credit for qualifying first time homebuyers who purchase and close on a home between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 1, 2009.
Who: U.S. Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-7) and Colorado
Housing and Finance Authority
What: Announce a new home mortgage program to help Coloradans take immediate advantage of the federal first time homebuyer tax credit
When: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Where: CHFA Downtown Denver Office Building
Community Room
1981 Blake St.
Denver, CO 80202
Scheduled U.S. Congressman Ed Perlmutter
Speakers: Roy Alexander, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Karen Harkin, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
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