YNDC Gets $25K Donation, Readies First Home Builds - The Business Journal


Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. received a $25,000 infusion for an existing program that helps get individuals into houses, as it prepares to enter into a new endeavor later this week.

Home Savings Bank donated the funds Monday to YNDC’s Community Financial Empowerment Initiative. Since 2014, the program has provided free, on-on-one counseling to Mahoning County residents to help them improve their credit and financial situation, said Tiffany Sokol, YNDC housing director. The objective is for these individuals to eventually become homeowners or improve their rental situation, she said. To read the full story from The Business Journal, click here