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CHA resident purchases home through ‘Choose To Own’ | The Crusader Newspaper Group

For National Homeownership Month, CHA celebrates the Choose To Own (CTO) program that has helped 650 residents purchase a home since 2002 After getting married and watching her family grow, Tyra Jackson Williams went back to school and accomplished two goals: becoming a registered nurse at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and becoming a homeowner, which she []

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