By Howard Fischer | YourValley
Gov. Katie Hobbs touted a program to help first-time home buyers Thursday even as she acknowledged it only scratches the surface of the need for affordable housing in Arizona.
At an event planned by her office, the governor helped Maria Magdalena Contreras unload the last few boxes of items into what will be the first home the Arizona native owns. But the real purpose of the event was to discuss the existing help available.
In this case, Contreras got $30,000 down payment assistance through the
“Arizona is Home” program. That, she said, enabled her, as a recent widow with four children, to move out of a place she had been renting for eight years and actually begin accumulating equity into a house she can pass on to the next generation.
