NeighborWorks Center for Homeownership Education and Counseling (NCHEC)

NCHEC Educational Tools to Enhance the Homeownership Education Counselor's Performance

Realizing the American Dream, 4th Edition

The Realizing the American Dream Trainer’s Manual and accompanying Homebuyer’s Manual provide homeownership trainers, housing counselors and homebuyers with comprehensive information on the entire homebuying process.  They include information to help homebuyers manage money, understand credit, secure a mortgage loan, shop for a home and manage finances.

The Trainer’s Manual includes teaching tools, activities, worksheets and visual aids and serves as a companion piece to NCHEC’s pre-purchase education methods training course, HO229.

Available in English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese at the NeighborWorks Store.

Keeping the American Dream, 2nd Edition

The Keeping the American Dream Homeowner’s Manual provides important information to homeowners about building their community, staying financially fit and maintaining and improving their homes.  The manual delivers clear instruction and advice designed to equip homeowners with the skills they need to remain secure in their new home purchase.

Keeping the American Dream is presented in a user-friendly format with tips, checklists and interactive exercises and serves as a companion piece to NCHEC’s post-purchase education methods training course, HO247.

Available in English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese at the
NeighborWorks Store



Keys to My Home Website

The NeighborWorks Center for Homeownership Education and Counseling (NCHEC), in partnership with E*Trade Financial, created Keys to My Home, a consumer website based on the nationally-recognized curriculum from NCHEC's pre-purchase consumer manual, Realizing the American Dream (see above). Keys to My Home is a web-based package of calculators, learning modules and tools. Easy to use, clearly designed and all completly free to practitioners and their clients, the site is also available in a Spanish-language version.
www.KeysToMyHome.org