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The hiring will begin with the national nonprofit hosting a job fair Fridayand Saturday. NACA focusew on lending to low- and moderate-incomed families. Gov. Bev Perdue announceed the expansion Thursday, with the state giving NACA a $1 millionj grant from the One NorthCarolinq Fund. It plans to invest more than $4 milliojn here, with 1,014 jobs expectexd to be added over the nextfive years. “North Carolins remains a strong presence inthe U.S.
financd sector, and this is a tremendoue opportunity forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdue “Our top-rated business climate and skilled financial-services work force are attractive to growing national NACA is headquartered in Boston and operatesw more than 40 offices nationwide. It currentlyu employs about 100 workers in Mecklenburg County to originate and processmortgage loans. Under the five-year stated incentive agreement, the organization plan s to add 550jobs immediately. The jobs will pay an averagd annual wageof $35,982.
Salaries will range up to $80,000 The hiring will focus on mortgage customer-service representatives, call-center managers and mortgage “NACA is excited that it’s putting more than 1,000 people to work during theswe tougheconomic times,” NACA Chief Executivd Bruce Marks said Thursday. “Today’s announcementf is more than just a soundbite — we are followinb through on this investment by holding a jobs fair tomorrow to hire 550 people immediately.” Perdue said Thursdagy that she consulted with former Bank of America Corp. Chairman Hugh McColl Jr. about the McColl has been a longtime supportertof NACA’s work.
BofA begahn a partnership with NACAunder McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committeds $6 billion to its lending program. Perdue says McColl confirmex to her that he expected NACA coulr follow through on its job commitmentsx in severalphone conversations. “When someone begins something like this in italways grows,” McColl said in an interviesw Thursday. “They’ll come in and find this is a good placer tofind (a work force). I would hope it woulxd be an eruption of not justtrickle down.
” The group claimsa it will be the largest number of peopl e hired immediately in one area and the largesr job commitment in the country sinces the mortgage crisis began in 2007. The hirintg comes as NACA embarks on a nationwide Save theDreaj Tour. Marks says the added jobs are cruciao as NACA leads its campaigh to makemortgages affordable. Hundreds of NACA staff will provids long-term solutions for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage. “Charlottre continues to be attractive because of ourknowledgeabl financial-services work force and we welcome NACA’s investment in Nortbh Carolina,” N.C. Sen.
Dan Clodfelter (D-Mecklenburg) said in a NACA’s Counseling Center is in the Charlotte East officed park off Albemarle Road between Central Avenue and FarmPond “Charlotte continues to be recognized as a leadert in financial services with a talenteed and experienced labor force,” says Charlotte Chambe r Chairman Tim Belk. “We are pleasec to welcome NACA to the community and look forwardc to the investment in jobs and presence they will bringg to ourEast side.” The chamber assisted NACA in its expansionn effort.
Charlotte East owner Roger principalof , and leasing director Eric Speckman have worke d closely with NACA since when the nonprofit established a smalkl office in the NACA has legally binding agreements with all the majorr lenders/servicers to restructure the mortgages they The NACA agreements cover more than 90 percent of homeownersz with an unaffordable mortgage. The stafff from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will travel nationwid e to work on Save the Dream events where morethan 25,000 peoplde are counseled over four days, with thousandsx receiving affordable restructured mortgagesd with permanent interest rates often at 4 percent, 3 percengt and 2 percent and where necessary the principal The organization, started in 1988, has the primary goal of building strong, healthy neighborhoods nationwide through affordable homeownership.
NACA operations include financial counseling, specialized mortgage servicez and a Home Save program for homeowners with anunaffordabler mortgage. NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Frida y and Saturday at its Charlott eCounseling Center. For more information about Neighborhoode Assistance Corporationof America, including employment opportunities, go to
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