January 3, 2015
After living in a trailer home for 15 years, Dave and Shannon Lemine of Morgantown, W.Va., decided it was time to find some growing room for their family, which included two children. Applying for FHLBank’s First Front Door program, Dave, then ill and unemployed, found that his family qualified for the maximum $5,000 grant, delivered through FHLBank member WesBanco, to help them defray some of the costs associated with buying a three bedroom, split level home with a fully equipped kitchen. To qualify for First Front Door, the Lemines participated in homebuyer education classes provided by the area housing authority, which strongly supports the grants program.