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Celebrating Homeownership Month: How WIN Expands Affordable Housing and Homeownership Opportunities in Greater Cincinnati

Celebrating Homeownership Month: How WIN Expands Affordable Housing and Homeownership Opportunities in Greater Cincinnati

Leila Stacey2026-06-24T12:03:36-04:00June 2nd, 2026|

For over four decades, Working In Neighborhoods (WIN) has helped families do more than find housing — it has helped them build stability, opportunity, and a future. During National Homeownership Month, we celebrate the many ways WIN continues transforming lives across Cincinnati neighborhoods through affordable housing, financial empowerment, and community investment. WIN began developing homes

From Underwriter to Advocate: Melanie Daniels Joins WIN as HUD-Certified Counselor

From Underwriter to Advocate: Melanie Daniels Joins WIN as HUD-Certified Counselor

Leila Stacey2026-06-24T12:08:09-04:00July 9th, 2025|

Melanie Daniels brings 15 years of experience in underwriting and finance to her new role as a HUD-certified housing counselor at Working In Neighborhoods (WIN). For her, the transition is personal. "I like helping people. I have a passion for seeing people do well," Daniels said. "When I saw the ad for the housing counselor

Senior Uses Financial Education As A Stepping Stone To Homeownership

Senior Uses Financial Education As A Stepping Stone To Homeownership

Leila Stacey2024-05-29T12:03:38-04:00April 30th, 2024|

“There’s not a day that goes by that I wonder, how did God give me everything I needed in this house? This to me is a miracle,” said 65-year-old Mark Stenson. In less than a year, Stenson changed his financial reality from “living disability check to disability check” to having financial stability. At 58, the

WIN’s HUD-Certified Counseling Paves The Way To Success

WIN’s HUD-Certified Counseling Paves The Way To Success

rbehrens2024-05-29T12:14:02-04:00April 3rd, 2024|

“Shawn’s goal after nursing school was to buy a home. The mother of three young children was tired of renting and paying someone else’s mortgage,” said Tammy Edwards, WIN’s HUD-certified housing counselor. The two met in October of 2023 after Shawn had attended WIN’s homebuyer class. It was there that she learned that WIN provided

WIN’s One-On-One HUD-Certified Counseling Gets Results

WIN’s One-On-One HUD-Certified Counseling Gets Results

rbehrens2026-06-24T12:12:50-04:00March 15th, 2024|

For Devoe Sherman, a single father of two young daughters, the experience of buying a home “was like going through a storm ... you don’t know what you don’t know," exclaimed Sherman. He used WIN's free, one-on-one HUD-certified housing counseling program to "get to a brighter day." Sherman wanted a home for his family, but he didn’t

WIN’s Homeownership Program Pays Off

WIN’s Homeownership Program Pays Off

Leila Stacey2026-01-29T15:00:11-05:00January 5th, 2024|

It took patience, but Tamisha Gibson got what she wanted a 3-bedroom house with an enclosed porch, a backyard, and a nice-sized kitchen. “I like the rain, and now I can sit on my porch and listen to it,” said Gibson. She had wanted a home for a long time but had put that

Buying a Home? You Don’t Have To Go It Alone

Buying a Home? You Don’t Have To Go It Alone

Leila Stacey2024-04-19T14:33:30-04:00September 15th, 2023|

If you or someone you know calls Working In Neighborhoods (WIN) for information about our homebuyer program, you’ll talk with Kai Jones, WIN’s housing counselor intake specialist. Jones has first-hand experience with how WIN’s homebuyer classes and one-on-one counseling can help you achieve your goal of homeownership. In 2015, Kai Jones was a recently-married

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