Greg Smalls, Director of Housing Development at CESI is passionate about helping individuals and families realize their dream of homeownership. He works tirelessly to help families accomplish that goal. For this reason, Smalls was awarded the NFCC 2019 Outstanding Advocate Award at NFCC Connect, the annual gathering of the nation’s largest and longest-serving network of nonprofits dedicated to financial well-being. The awards were presented the evening of September 17 in Arlington, Virginia.
Smalls has been a key leader at NFCC member Consumer Education Services Inc. (CESI) since 2002. He has held numerous positions: Credit Counselor, Team Coach, HUD Certified Housing Counselor, Certified Reverse Mortgage Counselor, and is currently the Director for the HUD-approved CESI Homeownership Center.
“Throughout his years with CESI, Greg has served with excellence, counseling clients and coaching the CESI staff for success,” said Mike Croxson, CEO. “His more than 17 years experience has given him a depth of knowledge about the credit counseling and housing industry that is unmatched.”
Smalls led the CESI Homeownership Center in accomplishing
the following:
- Assisted 30 low income families in purchasing
a home by qualifying under the Community Partners Loan Pool. Smalls was
instrumental in obtaining more than $1M in funding for these families from this
program. - Provided foreclosure prevention services
to 96 families, helping to find alternative solutions to foreclosure. - Provided face to face education to 267
students at CESI Homebuyers Workshops. Smalls personally led a total of 26
of these workshops. - Spearheaded the implementation of a
matched savings program through CESI to assist low-to–moderate income
homebuyers in the purchase of affordable housing by offering matching funds to
be used for closing costs or down payment assistance. - Provided counseling to 96 senior
homeowners, educating them on the available options and resources to stay in
their home and age in place.
Smalls speaks several times a year to the Raleigh Realtors Association, informing and educating regional realtors about the various down payment assistance programs available to their prospective low-to-moderate income homebuyers. Traditionally, these buyers have been overlooked and underserved in the community with regard to housing.
About Consumer Education Services:
Consumer Education Services, Inc. (CESI) is a non-profit service provider of comprehensive personal financial education and solutions for all life stages and for all of life’s milestones. Our goal is enhanced economic security for everyone we serve. CESI helps consumers achieve financial freedom by offering a complete life cycle of services including: credit counseling, debt management, housing counseling, student loan solutions, financial education and pre/post-bankruptcy counseling. For more information, please visit cesisolutions.org.
About
the NFCC:
Founded
in 1951, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling® (NFCC®) is the nation’s
first and largest nonprofit dedicated to improving people’s financial
well-being. With a national network of member offices serving 50 states and
Puerto Rico, our NFCC Certified Credit Counselors are financial advocates,
empowering millions of consumers to take charge of their finances through
one-on-one financial reviews that address credit card debt, student loans,
housing decisions and overall money management. Make one of the best financial
decisions of your life. For expert guidance and advice, call 800.388.2227 or
visit //www.nfcc.org
today.
This article was syndicated and originally appeared on the CESI Debt Solutions website.
