Homeownership

HAWC works with families to make homeownership possible. Our Rent-to-Own initiative allows moderate income families who live or work in Washington County to lease the home they plan to purchase. During the rental period, the Home Store provides home-ownership counseling. In the RTO program, the rental period becomes a bridge to home-ownership success. (Click here to see our Rent-to-Own brochure, or follow this link to learn more about RTO.)

Priority for admission into the "scattered site" project (yet another variation on homeownership open to public housing residents) goes to families that are enrolled in the Family Self-Sufficiency Program. Scattered site tenants have the option of buying their rental unit from the Authority some day, creating additional motivation for taking care of the units and working to build personal savings. Here are the links to view our Homeownership Plan for scattered site tenants or look at the first steps a tenant needs to take.

The HAWC Section 8 rental assistance program also incorporates a path to homeownership for families depending on full-time employment who fully participate in the required homeownership counseling.

Office

H.A.W.C.
Housing Authority 
   of Washington County (MD)
319 East Antietam St, 2nd Floor
P. O. Box 2944, 
Hagerstown, MD 21741-2944
301-791-3168 (Voice TTD); 
301-791-2755 (Fax)

Hours:
Monday - Friday
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Closed Saturday and Sunday

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HAWC News

HAWC Elects Officers

At its January 16th meeting, the HAWC Board of Commissioners elected the following officers for 2012:

Richard Keesecker - Chair and Grievance Officer
Judith Ferro - Vice Chair and Assistant Grievance Officer
Tim O'Rourke - 2nd Vice Chair
Richard Willson - Secretary / Treasurer
Tyenna Hart - Assistant Treasurer

HAWC Board Meetings are open to the public the 3rd Thursday of each month at 3:00 PM. If you'd like to attend, click here for our monthly schedule.

1/31/2012

Richard Willson, Executive Director, presented the HAWC 2011 Annual Report to the Washington County Board of Commissioners. Click here to see a full copy of the report.

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Offices for the Authority are at 319 East Antietam Street, 2nd Floor, Hagerstown, MD 21740.
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