Looking for more help to deal with your finances, buy a home, or run your own small businesses? Check out these agencies, serving residents and small businesses in the Syracuse, NY area:
CNY Fair Housing - Resources and advocacy to prevent and address housing discrimination
Empire Housing - Home repair grants for income-eligible buyers of one or two-family homes.
Greater Syracuse Land Bank - Regional agency that acquires vacant properties, stabilizes them, and sells them to responsible buyers for redevelopment. These properties often sell below market value, to owners that have the means to complete renovations.
HomeHeadquarters Inc. - A non-profit providing education, down payment assistance, and more to increase homeownership in Syracuse and Onondaga County.
Syracuse Financial Empowerment Center - Free, one-on-one financial counseling sponsored by the City of Syracuse and managed by Home HeadQuarters, in collaboration with Coop Fed and other local partners.
Hiscock Legal Aid - Legal services for civil court, family court, immigration, appeals, eviction, foreclosure and more.
Legal Services of CNY - Legal services to protect the rights of workers, consumers, renters, New Americans and more.
Volunteer Lawyers Project of CNY - Legal services related to economic opportunity, elder law, eviction defense, family court, immigration, LGBTQ rights and more.
CNY Works - Workshops, training, and employment assistance for youth and adults.
Jubilee Homes - Workforce education for construction and skilled trades.
Syracuse Build / Pathways to Apprenticeship - Helping people of color and women access careers in construction through training, apprenticeship and job placement support.
Syracuse EOC - High School Equivalency, College Preparation, and job training and certification programs.
Jubilee Homes - Focused on community, economic, and workforce development in Syracuse’s Southwest neighborhood.