Commission considers Welcome Home Wyoming program

The County Commissioners have been asked to consider passing a resolution to allow the Cheyenne Housing Authority to launch its “Welcome Home Wyoming” program in Crook County.

“Welcome Home Wyoming is designed to offer down-payment assistance to people otherwise qualified to be homeowners,” Greg Hancock, Executive Director of the Cheyenne Housing Authority told the commissioners on Wednesday.

A resolution is necessary to establish jurisdiction within the county, Hancock said; the program itself would be available through local mortgage brokers, such as banks. If the commission passes the resol...