Whitney Humphrey

The West Virginia Housing Development Fund announces the retirement of Executive Director Erica Boggess effective January 2, 2025, after nearly four decades with the agency.

Boggess has been a pivotal leader within the organization, dedicating decades of work to enhancing the Fund’s operations and expanding its impact across West Virginia. Throughout her career with the Fund, Boggess has held various leadership roles and implemented several improvements to internal processes and efficiencies, positioning the Fund as a model of operational excellence... Continue Reading

CHARLESTON, W.VA.— West Virginia veterans have another path to homeownership, thanks to a new mortgage loan program.

Earlier this year, Gov. Jim Justice signed into law Senate Bill 261 to create the West Virginia Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program. This new program honors military service by offering qualified service members and veterans low-interest rate mortgages to purchase their first homes and is funded by a transfer of $8 million from the West Virginia State Treasury’s Unclaimed Property Trust Fund.... Continue Reading

As homelessness among veterans increases nationwide, a new affordable housing development in Logan aims to provide an alternative for our state’s bravest.

Loganwood Apartments is the first and only affordable housing development in West Virginia to offer a veteran’s preference. This means that units will be made available to veterans first, followed by people with disabilities, then the general population.

“The City of Logan and the Logan Housing Commission have been pretty insistent that they needed a veterans-specific... Continue Reading

Marital status, income, and student loan debt are just a few of the reasons Angela Iafrate thought homeownership was out of reach. After years of renting and working to pay down her loans, owning a home was never really a goal.

“I didn’t think I could do it,” she said.

But in 2021, the federal government made it easier for Americans with student loan debt to qualify for federally-insured mortgages. That move opened a door for Iafrate she thought would... Continue Reading

CHARLESTON, W.VA.— After connecting 6,500 West Virginia households with more than $40 million in federal COVID relief funding, the West Virginia Homeowners Rescue Program has stopped accepting new applications.  

This emergency program, launched in March 2022, has helped homeowners across the state catch up on their housing costs by paying delinquent mortgages, utility bills, real property taxes, insurance premiums, and other eligible expenses. In July 2023, the program began offering homeowners up to $10,000 to help make critical home... Continue Reading