Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc.

About

Our Mission is to improve the quality of life by eliminating poverty through housing stability and financial security.

Story

FHAS is dedicated to, and compassionate about finding and implementing solutions to resolve community housing and financial literacy issues. FHAS’ Mission is to improve the quality of life by helping people achieve housing and financial stability through education and advocacy. The Purpose is to advance the prosperity of the community, improving lives and strengthening families one household at a time. The Vision is to be the area’s premier comprehensive housing counseling agency, providing services with integrity and care,

Mission

To improve the quality of life by helping people achieve financial and housing stability through education and advocacy.

Products

Programs
Tenant Services Program offers homeless prevention, relocation counseling, and housing search assistance and advocacy to assist persons to avoid homelessness & locate permanent housing.

The Fair Housing Center of Nebraska offers housing discrimination investigations, education and training. Fair Housing – Provides comprehensive fair housing services, including intake and investigation of housing discrimination complaints, and consumer and industry education statewide in Nebraska and in Western Iowa.

The Homeowner Education Program offers pre-purchase education, foreclosure prevention, reverse equity mortgage options for seniors. Prepares persons to purchase homes and understand their credit and the home buying process through an intensive, 12-hour workshop and individual counseling and assistance.
Foreclosure Prevention counsels and advocates for persons involved in foreclosure, negotiating workout agreements with lenders and addressing predatory lending practices when they are present. With today’s Adjustable Rate Mortgage crises, there is a great demand for these services. Reverse Equity Mortgage Education – counsels and assists elderly persons regarding the use of home equity as a resource to supplement their income.

The Financial/Asset Management offers financial fitness education and the IDA (Individual Development Accounts) Program. This program provides, financial management, budgeting, credit and saving, promoting understanding of responsible and effective use of credit through workshops and individual credit counseling. As a partner with the Omaha EITC (Earned Income Tax Coalition) through the Financial Stability Partnership, this program acted as a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Site during the 2008 tax season, preparing nearly 400 tax returns, a number of clients who used their refunds to pay off debts, and over 25 un-banked clients opened checking or savings accounts. FHAS was unique of the VITA sites because it pulls credit reports for potential homebuyers, and offered this service for its participants.

Omaha Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Coalition
The Omaha Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Coalition promotes the claiming of tax credits through quality volunteer tax return preparation with a goal of providing educational tools and community resources for family asset development.

FHAS’ subsidiary Omaha 100, Inc., offers low-rate mortgage lending

Homeowner Finance - Provides low-cost mortgage lending through the subsidiary, Omaha 100, Inc.