Program helps woman realize dream of home ownership

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Emma Hurtado added two new keys to her key chain Friday — one to her newly purchased house and one to the city of Henderson.

“It’s a dream come true,” she said while holding the golden key to the city and looking at her new home on Jackson Drive.

Hurtado was able to buy her first home with the assistance of Housing for Nevada, a nonprofit organization that fixes up foreclosed homes and sells them to low-income families.

She received $25,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance and $59,000 in forgivable rehabilitation money.

Hurtado is the first person to purchase a rehabilitated home in the Las Vegas Valley from Housing for Nevada, which is funded through the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

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