The Mortgage House, Inc., a noted mortgage banking firm in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara County for the last 21 years, established a Community Fund beginning with a $20,000 contribution to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2015. It continues to grow the Fund with additional support from every loan it closes as a thank-you to the community it serves.
In 2016, The Mortgage House presented its first donation of $1,000 to the 40Prado Homeless Foundation of SLO County. It is now considering its second recipient and would appreciate input from the community. The charitable Intention of The Mortgage House fund is: “To support residents of San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara County with affordable housing opportunities and/or educational support related to housing.”
Areas of affordable housing opportunities might include:
- Workforce housing.
- Upgrading existing housing to green building standards code.
- Housing for youth in the social services system and/or within local nonprofit’s programs for youth between the ages of 16-22 who have little to no financial resources, and are identified as aspiring to be a productive member of society. They must be residents of SLO or Northern Santa Barbara County.
- Housing for youth while attending a college, university or vocational school.
- Disabled individuals and their families.
Any donations must be made through a Non-Profit 501c3 entity and used for the purpose approved by the TMH advisory committee. Forms for suggested recipients may be obtained from Roxanne Carr or Mary Trudeau at The Mortgage House – [email protected] or [email protected].