March 4, 2004

Housing Counselor Helps Low-Income Renters Move Toward Homeownership

By Peter Panepento

Erie, Pa.

David Pesch stands near the entrance to a make-shift classroom at the St. Martin Center, in Erie, Pa., surveying the 16 students who have gathered for his weekly class on homeownership.

The students are an eclectic mix of young and old, black and white, male and female. But they share one common trait: They are all low-income renters in Erie's center city. And they all want to learn how to buy their first home.

"Sweaty palms,"

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