Pamela Shears sits in her condominium off M.L. King Jr. Boulevard in Chattanooga. Shears credits Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise in the purchase of her last three homes.For Pamela Sheats, realizing the American dream of home ownership started with a home buying and maintenance class from Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise in the 1990s.
A dozen years and three moves later, Sheats credits that class and other help from CNE for helping her to buy and sell homes in St. Elmo and Harrison before purchasing what she says is her ideal current home downtown four years ago.
“With CNE’s help I was actually able to buy my first home with a mortgage that ended up costing me $10 a month less than what I was paying in rent,” Sheats said. “A lot of people should take note of that right now with the housing prices down and rent prices going up.”
Sheats, who works at TVA within a five-minute drive from her Flynn Street condo, has used CNE for education, down payment assistance, neighborhood relocation incentives and help with mortgages.
“I wouldn’t be where I am today without CNE,” she said.