The NNDC HOPP Resource Directory is designed to provide contact information on a variety of resources available to Northglenn homeowners.  This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all resources available to homeowners but rather a starting point we feel may be beneficial to the community.

The resources are organized into the following sections:

Financial HOUSING ASSISTANCE

  • Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)
    1-800-877-CHFA/1-800-877-2432
    CHFA provides down payment and closing cost  assistance for first time homebuyers and also provides programs for non first time homebuyers.

  • Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
    1-800-HEAT HELP/1-800-432-8435
    Designed to help eligible low-income households with winter home heating costs. 

  • Veterans Administration
    Provides mortgages and education resources to veterans.  Loan guarantees are made with similar terms and rates as FHA loans.

  • Federal Programs

    • FHA – An FHA loan is a home mortgage that allows for a purchase or refinance with a low down payment and is insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

    • HUD – HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships--particularly with faith-based and community organizations--that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level.  Wide variety of housing information; government policies/regulations for government insured loans, new homebuyer information, database of housing counseling agencies for all of the United States, funding news, community housing development information and fair housing information.

    • Teacher Next Door – To strengthen America's communities by providing home ownership opportunities for teachers in HUD-designated revitalization areas, and to improve the quality of life in these neighborhoods by their presence.

  • Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association – an organization committed to a world of homeownership achieved through the practice of integrity-based lending. We serve our community through effective education, principled representation, and gracious networking to advance free enterprise and the highest ethical standards in the mortgage lending industry.  A list of member banks and lenders plus home buyer information, mortgage calculators, other information regarding housing and banking issues.

  • Fannie Mae – Fannie Mae is a private, shareholder-owned company that works to make sure mortgage money is available for people in communities all across America. We do not lend money directly to home buyers. Instead, we work with lenders to make sure they don't run out of mortgage funds, so more people can achieve their goal of homeownership.

  • Freddie Mac – Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress to increase the supply of funds that mortgage lenders, such as commercial banks, mortgage bankers, savings institutions and credit unions, can make available to homebuyers and multifamily investors.  Freddie Mac conducts its business primarily by buying mortgages from lenders, packaging the mortgages into securities and selling the securities - guaranteed by Freddie Mac—to investors.

 Organizations who may help

  • Colorado Rural Housing Development Corporation (CRHDC)
     303-428-1448
    Promotes safe, decent, and affordable housing for migrants, seasonal farm workers and low-to-moderate-income families across Colorado.  CRHDC's vision and commitment to housing has grown the organization from a one-county storefront operation into a multi-faceted corporation serving over 40 counties and hundreds of families across the state.  Our drive is to serve urban communities as well, through an affiliate corporation called Colorado Housing Enterprises, LLC (CHE) designed to provide first and second mortgage lending opportunities to low-income families.

  • Rebuilding Together Metro Denver
    720-524-0840
    Rebuilding Together Metro Denver is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with the community to rehabilitate the houses of low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly and disabled, so that they may continue to live in warmth, safety and independence.  Contact Rebuilding Together if you or someone you know is low-income and elderly or disabled and is need of home repairs such as roof repair or replacement, window repair or replacement, flooring, cabinets, light plumbing, appliances, handrails, grab bars, fire safety equipment, fencing, weatherizing, doors and locks, furnace replacement or ramps.

  • Brothers Redevelopment
    303-202-6340
    A     local, non-profit housing redeveloper, founded in 1971 by our former President, Joe Giron, and a Mennonite minister, a Lutheran minister, and a Catholic layperson. Since then, we have concentrated on programs that allow low-income elderly and disabled persons to continue living independently in their homes and communities.  Their mission is to provide safe, affordable, accessible housing and housing services for the low-income, elderly and disabled of Colorado.

  • Adams County Housing Authority (ACHA)
    303-227-2075
    S    erves Adams County residents for whom conventional housing is unaffordable.  Assist individuals, families, seniors and persons with disabilities throughout all of Adams County, including the rural and unincorporated areas.  Goal is to provide these households with quality, affordable housing options while supporting their efforts to achieve economic self-sufficiency.  Owns and operates several homes and apartment complexes which are made available to low income families, seniors, and persons with physical disabilities.

  • Senior HUB Information and Referral
    303-287-2400/303-426-4408
     The Senior Hub, Inc. is a Senior Services agency offering support and referral to older adults age 55 and over in the north Denver metropolitan area.

  • Senior Housing Locator Program
    303-831-4046
    This program reflects a merger between the Elderly Housing Hotline and the CHOICE Senior Housing Counseling programs.  The Senior Housing Locator program is designed to maximize senior citizens' access to information that can help them resolve their housing problems in the best way possible - avoiding unnecessary stress and displacement.

  • Colorado Housing Counseling Coalition
    A coalition of housing counselors and interested housing professionals who joined together in the interest of housing.  Their mission is to promote affordable housing for low and moderate-income families through housing counseling and the sharing of knowledge, resources and counseling techniques among members.  Member agencies help people improve their housing conditions and meet the responsibilities of homeownership and tenancy.  Among the many services the member agencies provide are: pre-purchase counseling, foreclosure prevention counseling, housing consumer education, debt management, and reverse equity mortgage counseling

  • Community Housing Services (CHSI)
    303-831-1750
    The mission of CHSI is to provide services for individuals, primarily low-income and seniors. The goal is to locate, secure and maintain housing.  Provides housing education, information and referrals to the Metro Denver community.

Foreclosure Assistance

These are agencies in the Denver area that provide free counseling services to homeowners in mortgage default or foreclosure situations.

  • ACORN Housing Corp., 1760 High St., 303-388-1989

  • Adams County Housing Authority, 7190 Colorado Blvd., Commerce City, 303-227-2075

  • Northeast Denver Housing Center, 1735 Gaylord St., 303-377-3334

  • Newsed Community Development Corp., 1029 Santa Fe Drive, 303-534-8342

  • Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corp., 2926 Zuni St., 303-477-4774

  • Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Denver Inc., 1740 Broadway, several other locations, 303-632-2100

  • Southwest Improvement Council, 1000 S. Lowell Blvd., 303-934-2181, 303-934-0035

  • Brothers Redevelopment Inc., 2250 Eaton St., 303-202-6340

 Educational

  • City of Northglenn provides educational seminars and outreach meeting at periodic times throughout the year.

  • NNDC provides workshops through its Home Ownership Pride Program (HOPP) on pertinent homeowner subjects.  Past workshops included Reverse Mortgages, Energy Conservation and the like.

  • Homebuyers Counseling - Adams County and organizations like the Colorado Rural Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit, offer HUD certified counseling for first time homebuyers.  Many lenders require it and give a break in interest rate or other concessions to people who become certified by the program.  Brothers Redevelopment also offers Home Counseling.

  • Rangeview Library District - Northglenn Branch, 10530 Huron, 303-452-7534 - The Northglenn Branch has 9629 square feet of space and contains about 75,000 volumes.  The reference collection and reference desk are located in the lower level.  Experienced reference librarians are available to help patrons use the reference collection.

  • ESL- Adams County Adult Literacy Program through Adams County Libraries

  • CSU Cooperative Extension services offer training seminars and lectures to anyone in Colorado.  The Cooperative Extension’s focus is on agriculture.

  • Home Buying Guides - A variety of tools to assist potential homebuyers. Offered in six different languages and sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation, this website offers brochures, mortgage calculators, and a link to a lender locator on the Fannie Mae website.

  • MortgageLoan.Com - a website dedicated to providing information about the mortgage process.  Of particular interest is the section for persons with disabilities.  The link here goes directly to the Housing & Mortgages for People with Disabilities guide.

 

BUSINESS LISTING
 This listing contains businesses licensed in Northglenn or are in the Denver Metro area.  NNDC does not guarantee the work of these businesses.   Those businesses in bold are NNDC business partners.

Skills – handymEn, contractorS, ETC.

  • Construction
    • Custom Tile Repair, Tim Landsden, 303-439-7809
    • Heritage Construction Inc.
    • Sunquest Custom Builders LLC
  • Concrete Work
    • Craig R. Tobias Construction, Inc., 303-466-1326
    • G & S Concrete, 720-364-8537
    • Richard & Sons, 303-280-9535
  • Electrical
    • C & R Electric Contractor
    • Hamilton Electric Construction
    • Prowest Electric Inc.
  • Landscaping
    • Cardenas Landscape Company
    • Pioneer Sand Company
  • Masonry
  • Plumbing
    • Brothers Plumbing
    • Front Range Plumbing
  • Roofing
    • Academy Roofing, Inc.
    • Arapahoe Roofing & Sheet Metal
    • Alpine Roofing
  • Windows
  • Miscellaneous work
    • Dodge Sign Company, 2100 East 112th Avenue, Northglenn, 303-457-4224
    • Atlas Roofing Corporation
    • Door Installations, Inc.
    • Gold Plane Custom Cabinets, Inc.
    • Home Depot
    • Lowe's Home Improvement #246
    • Northglenn Heating & A/C
    • RAL Drywall
    • S & S Floor Surfacing Inc.
    • Skylights of Colorado LLC
    • Specialty Fireplace Services Company
    • Vision Heating & Air Conditioning
    • Woodworks Flooring, Inc.

 Professional – legal, architectural, etc

  • Legal Services
    • Donelson, Goodwin & Juarez, 11080 Circle Point Road Suite 190, Westminster, 303-450-1665
    • Bendinelli Law Office PC
    • Gary E Filosa - Attorney at Law
  • Architects
    • Near Design & Planning Inc.
  • Engineers
    • AA Engineering Services, Inc.
    • SFA Enterprises, Inc.
  • Insurance
    • Aspen Insurance & Mortgage, Michael Schultz, 303-457-4311

Real estate

  • Real Estate Agents in Northglenn
    • Ellsworth Realty & Insurance
    • Front Range Real Estate Consultants
    • Metro Brokers, Inc.
    • Radz Realty
    • Summit Group
    • Ziedins Real Estate Company
  • Banks and Mortgage Lenders
    • Affirm Home Mortgage, 11178 Huron Street, Suite 203, Northglenn, 303-254-4600, Woodrow Keener
    • Horizons North Credit Union, 11455 Pearl Street, Northglenn, 303-451-1146
    • Liberty Savings Bank, 10693 Melody Dr, Northglenn, 303-452-7200
    • Universal Lending Corporation, 6775 East Evans Avenue, Denver, 303-420-9601, George Goth
    • ABC Financing LLC
    • Bellco Credit Union
    • Cherry Creek Mortgage Company
    • Compass Bank Huron Main #48310
    • Compass Bank Northglenn #48308
    • Household Finance Corporation III
    • U S Bank NA
    • Wells Fargo Bank West
    • Wells Fargo Financial Acceptance
    • Wells Fargo Financial Colorado, Inc.
  • Title Companies
    • Northwest Title & Escrow Corporation
    • Universal Land Title of Colorado, Inc.

 

 

If you are a business owner in Northglenn or the surrounding area and would like to include your business in the HOPP Resources Directory, please contact NNDC at 303-252-3694.
11295 Washington Street, Northglenn, CO 80233     303-252-3694      ksnetzinger@nndc.info

 

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