2007-09-22 10:15:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
If you can't pay your bills, do you really think that buying a house that you can't afford is going to help?
GROW UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-09-22 10:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by Homer J. Simpson 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Government won't help, taxpayers will balk at this. It's bad enough we got welfare!
Want to get a house? First pay all your bills from small to the largest. Chop down the debt first before buying a home. I suggest that after you cut your bills out of the way and your completely debt free than you'll need to start saving. It's time to start sacrificing alot of stuff to get this house. Cut cable, sell some stuff and live on rice and tofu. If you don't change your spending habits, you'll never get a house.
2007-09-22 13:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by A decent answer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. There are no grants for paying bills, no grants for paying off credit cards, no grants for getting out of debt and no grants for simply fattening your wallet.
Grants are free, but it means OBLIGATION. You will be obligated to do as the grant sets out to do. Grants have objectives, and your purpose must fit the objective of the grant.
For one, you have to write the grant application and the grant application is not a simple document - you have to explain how your purpose for applying for the grant fits well with the objectives set out by the grant.
There is a stringent review process through a committee. You will compete with other applicants for the grant money, and this grant review committee will evaluate the merits of each proposal. Only those that they feel exemplifies the objective of the grant will be approved.
You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.
Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.
Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.
Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs
2007-09-24 11:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by imisidro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody. The government doesn't give grants for things like that - why would it?
If you find websites that tell you they'll find these grants if you pay them a fee, you're just being scammed out of the fee.
2007-09-22 10:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why would my tax dollars pay your bills and buy you a house?
You're kidding, right?
2007-09-22 10:20:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Grants like that do no exist.
2007-09-22 11:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey if you find one let me know I want to take advantage of that!
2007-09-22 12:13:52 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get off your **** and earn money and pay your own way.
2007-09-22 10:20:31 · answer #8 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋