Fair Housing Scholarship
People’s Self-Help Housing Offers Two Scholarships
April is National Fair Housing Month. In recognition of Fair Housing Month, two $500 scholarships are being offered by People’s Self-Help Housing, Inc. to a graduating Lewis County High School senior or a non-traditional student obtaining their GED through the MCTC Lewis County Adult Education Center who plans to begin post-secondary education in the Fall of 2019 and who demonstrates financial need and a commitment to serving our local community.
Applications can be obtained from Kevin Lewis at the Lewis County High School and from Debbie Kennard at the MCTC Lewis County Adult Education Center (third floor of the old courthouse). It can also be downloaded from People’s Self-Help Housing’s website at www.pshhinc.org. Completed applications and letters of support must be submitted to People's Self-Help Housing's main office by 3:30pm on Monday, April 22, 2019.
This year marks the 51st anniversary of the Fair Housing Act passed by Congress in April, 1968. The Fair Housing Act provides equal opportunity to all who buy, sell, rent, finance, or insure housing. It broadens the real estate market by making all housing and property available to all Kentuckians and protects the individual's basic right to choose where they want to live.
The Fair Housing Act prohibits anyone being denied the opportunity to rent a home or obtain a mortgage to buy a home due to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap. Those denied housing for these reasons often do not understand their rights under fair housing laws and may not realize that they have been the object of discrimination.
April is National Fair Housing Month. In recognition of Fair Housing Month, two $500 scholarships are being offered by People’s Self-Help Housing, Inc. to a graduating Lewis County High School senior or a non-traditional student obtaining their GED through the MCTC Lewis County Adult Education Center who plans to begin post-secondary education in the Fall of 2019 and who demonstrates financial need and a commitment to serving our local community.
Applications can be obtained from Kevin Lewis at the Lewis County High School and from Debbie Kennard at the MCTC Lewis County Adult Education Center (third floor of the old courthouse). It can also be downloaded from People’s Self-Help Housing’s website at www.pshhinc.org. Completed applications and letters of support must be submitted to People's Self-Help Housing's main office by 3:30pm on Monday, April 22, 2019.
This year marks the 51st anniversary of the Fair Housing Act passed by Congress in April, 1968. The Fair Housing Act provides equal opportunity to all who buy, sell, rent, finance, or insure housing. It broadens the real estate market by making all housing and property available to all Kentuckians and protects the individual's basic right to choose where they want to live.
The Fair Housing Act prohibits anyone being denied the opportunity to rent a home or obtain a mortgage to buy a home due to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap. Those denied housing for these reasons often do not understand their rights under fair housing laws and may not realize that they have been the object of discrimination.
