2007 Parade of Affordable Homes

June 16 - 24, 2007

• The Parade of Affordable Homes is an educational and fundraising event that will take place in King, Snohomish and Piercecounties and will last for nine days, over two weekends. The objectives for the event include:

• To change perceptions that a modest “starter home” can be livable and desirable
• To demystify the home buying process for first time home buyers
• To provide information to prospective, lower-income, first-time homebuyers about available gap financing programs that may allow them to achieve home ownership
• To raise critical funds for Washington Homeownership Center programs and services

• Tour clusters:
• SOUTH: South King - North Pierce (Kent-Auburn to Puyallup)
• NORTH: North King – South Snohomish (Lynnwood – South Everett)
• CENTRAL - Greater Seattle/Bellevue
• Showcase homes will be primarily new construction, however, may also include examples of existing, remodeled housing and non-profit developed housing that is self-help or under-market.  All Showcase homes must be priced below $350,000, decorated and staged for sale. Each Showcase Home will appear on the Parade of Homes Map and the Passport in order to encourage traffic through the Showcase tour.
• In addition to the Showcase Tour, real estate professionals can submit listings for affordable properties within the geographic outline of each Tour cluster.  These listings will be included on online versions of the map only.

• Coordinated to coincide with the Annual WHC Partnership Breakfast event, (June 15th at the New Holly Gathering Hall) and National Homeownership Month. Funds raised will support Washington Homeownership Resource Center services and the new online database.  Keynote speaker: Rey Ramsey from One Economy.  2007 Partnership Award Recipient: Kim Herman of Washington State Housing Finance Commission

• Participants receive a map and “passport” to encourage traffic through the Showcase homes.  When completed passport is submitted, client will be entered into the daily drawing for a "grand prize" shopping spree from IKEA.
• Free to the public
• Informational booths and one-hour homebuyer education classes provided by WHC staff at the Homebuyer Fair location within each cluster with information from all housing sectors including Non-profits, Government, Lending Partners, Real Estate services, Builders, Furniture and Design

• Ways You can Participate
• One Primary event sponsor, two Gold sponsors and three Silver event sponsors
• Sponsor a Showcase Home on the Tour and a Homebuyer Education Orientation
• Sponsor a booth(s) at a Homebuyer fairlocation
• Underwrite Passport prizes including a Grand Prize
• Realtors: Sponsor a home listing
• In-kind printing and media sponsorships

• Showcase Homes on the Tour
• $500 donation to Washington Homeownership Center
• Yard signage and interior signage for each sponsored housing unit
• A Showcase feature listing on www.affordablehometour.org and www.kiro-tv.com
• Featured on the printed Tour map and listed as one of the Showcase homes where passports must be stamped for eligibility for the Grand Prize

• Tour Listings
• $95 donation to Washington Homeownership Center
• Listing online at www.affordablehometour.org and www.kiro-tv.com
• Yard Signage

• Booth Sponsorships
• Open to all affordable homeownership stakeholders except builder/developers
• Non- Profits, Government $100
• Lenders, Real Estate, Mortgage Insurance, Title Insurance, etc $250

• KIRO –TV sponsorship providing advertising that will reach over 1 million households and direct potential homebuyers to www.affordablehometour.org and www.kiro-tv.com.  KIRO will also provide a website that includes the Parade of Homes Map as well as all listings and links to sponsors and participants..

View the links below to see detailed instructions on how to get involved.

Corporate Sponsorship

Builders/Developers sponsor a Showcase Home

Highlight your service or products

Provide prizes for attendees who conplete the Parade "Passport"

Real Estate Professionals