Category: Housing
Welcome to our Housing category, where we share stories about where and how blind people live, along with how they found housing that meets their needs. Here, you’ll find valuable resources to help you navigate decisions like renting vs. buying, finding affordable housing, and locating homes with convenient access to transportation. We also provide important information about housing discrimination and legal protections for guide dog users. Whether you’re searching for a new home or looking to understand your rights, this section offers guidance to support your journey.
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Building and Maintaining Good Credit: Why Dave Ramsey Isn’t Always Right
A Message from Penny Forward Founder and CEO, Chris Peterson Hello Penny Forward community, I hope you’re all doing well! Today, I want to talk about something that’s been on my mind since I came across a post from Dave Ramsey on Facebook last week. Now, before we dive into it, let me just say…
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How I Went to Open a CD and Stopped my Mortgage Insurance Instead
MOe here… It may be no secret to many of you, if you are in our Penny Forward Facebook group, that a huge goal of mine was to pay down my mortgage to the point of the mortgage insurance dropping off our monthly payments. We, and by this I mean my husband and I, had…
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The Power of Pessimism: A Surprising Path to Success
A Message from Penny Forward Founder and CEO, Chris Peterson Hey there goal-setters and dreamers, As we pass by the midpoint of this months fresh starts and ambitious resolutions, I want to throw a curveball your way and introduce you to the unexpected hero of achievement – pessimism. Yes, you heard it right, that seemingly…
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Podcast: Unseen Path to Real Estate Success with Gladys Morales
In this episode of the Penny Forward podcast, we have the pleasure of welcoming Gladys Morales, a determined individual who is blind and forging her career path in the world of real estate. Join us as Gladys shares her inspiring journey, from dealing with vision loss in her childhood to her mission of providing housing…
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Podcast: Update Her Own Tiny Little Space
In our second episode we introduced you to Gina who was about to pour the foundation for her tiny house. It’s been a couple of years since then, so we thought we would meet back up with her and find out where she is at now. Gina Marie Applebee First appeared: Her own Tiny Little…
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Podcast: Her Own Tiny Little Space
Enjoy this rerelease of our interview with Gina Marie Applebee. Gina has a B.S. in geology, an M.S. in marine geo physics, an EDS in science education, and a Ph.D. in progress in integral and transformational psychology. Gina was a totally blind PH.D. student working as a figure model, with a dream of living independently while…