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The following article was written by Dr Benjamin Chavez after attending the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) 64th annual convention in New Orleans LA.

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
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The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) just made an important game-changing announcement at its recent national convention in New Orleans. NAREB announced a historic engagement with Wall Street investors to launch a $800 million Homeowner’s Assurance Program (HAP) to address the devastating effects of the housing mortgage crisis for Black America and other minority families and communities across the United States.
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Our Five-Point Plan specifically calls for:

A balanced regulatory approach that will support and encourage sustainable homeownership for qualified and responsible consumers seeking to purchase a home;
Increased diversity in the financial services arena and adequate oversight of minority business utilization and senior management hires;
Maintaining strong government support of the secondary market system that includes the broad network of primary lenders, government-supported securitization agencies, and FHA that collectively works to broaden credit availability for all communities at all times;
Strong consumer protection oversight to restore consumer and market condence in homeownership; and
Mandatory financial education for all first-time homebuyers that prepares them for the responsibilities, risks and rights associated with homeownership.

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Color Chooser is a Gantry-Admin based control interface which, through simple controls, allows you to change all color and style elements of the template, such as text, link and background color.

You can also choose from a selection of Logo Styles with the Color Chooser.

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Moving from a 12 to 16 Grid Gantry Layout
Gantry structures the template in module rows, which usually conform to a 12 Grid structure i.e. 4 modules will be distributed as 3|3|3|3. With a 16 grid layout, the distribution would be 4|4|4|4.

The layout is more compact due to different widths, paddings and margins.

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