DENVER — A nonprofit that provides housing counseling to homeowners across the country is requiring potential members to vote in the November election in order to join.
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) specializes in helping people buy their first homes.
“We’ll help them achieve affordable home ownership on outstanding mortgage terms,” said the CEO and Founder of NACA, Bruce Marks. “We really have an attitude that says, ‘If you build it, people will come.’ So people come to NACA because it’s the place to come for affordable home ownership, long-term affordable home ownership.”
NACA has more than 3.7 million members throughout the country, including 19,792 in Colorado.
“Someone who wants to be a homeowner or is a homeowner, their voice has to be heard. And the way their voice is heard is through voting,” said Marks. “As a condition for NACA membership, as an eligibility condition, you have to vote if you’re legally able to do so.”
Marks said members will not be kicked out of NACA if they do not vote. Instead, people who wanted to join the organization would not be allowed to without voting.