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The hiring will begin with the national nonprofit hostinf a job fair Fridayand Saturday. NACA focuses on lendingb to low- and moderate-income families. Gov. Bev Perdu e announced the expansion Thursday, with the statr giving NACA a $1 million grantf from the One NorthCarolina Fund. It plansd to invest more than $4 millio n here, with 1,014 jobs expected to be addexd over the nextfive years. “North Carolina remainw a strong presence inthe U.S. finance and this is a tremendous opportunity forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdue said. “Ou r top-rated business climate and skilled financial-services work forcr are attractive to growingnational operations.
” NACA is headquartered in Boston and operates more than 40 offices nationwide. It currentluy employs about 100 workers in Mecklenburg County to originat and process mortgage Underthe five-year state incentive agreement, the organizationh plans to add 550 jobs immediately. The jobs will pay an averaged annual wageof $35,982. Salariexs will range up to $80,000 annually. The hiring will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-service representatives, call-center managerzs and mortgage counselors.
“NACA is excited that it’ds putting more than 1,000 people to work during thesew tougheconomic times,” NACA Chief Executive Bruce Marks said “Today’s announcement is more than just a sounde bite — we are following through on this investment by holdinfg a jobs fair tomorrow to hire 550 people immediately.” Perduew said Thursday that she consulted with formefr Bank of America Corp. Chairman Hugh McCollo Jr. about the deal. McCol has been a longtime supporterof NACA’as work. BofA began a partnership with NACAundere McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committed $6 billioj to its lending program.
Perdue says McColl confirmed to her that he expectex NACA could follow through on its job commitments in severalphone “When someone begins something like this in Charlotte, it alwayse grows,” McColl said in an interview “They’ll come in and find this is a good placs to find (a work force). I would hope it would be an eruptionof jobs, not just trickle down.” The grouop claims it will be the largest numbe of people hired immediately in one area and the largesg job commitment in the country since the mortgagr crisis began in 2007.
The hiring comesx as NACA embarks on a nationwide Save the Dream Marks says the added jobs are crucial as NACA leades its campaign to makemortgagees affordable. Hundreds of NACA staff will provids long-term solutions for homeowners with anunaffordable “Charlotte continues to be attractivd because of our knowledgeable financial-servicez work force and we welcome NACA’s investment in Nortg Carolina,” N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter said in a release.
NACA’s Counselinh Center is in the Charlottse East office park off Albemarle Road between Central Avenue and FarmPond “Charlotte continues to be recognized as a leadedr in financial services with a talented and experienced labor says Charlotte Chamber Chairman Tim “We are pleased to welcomwe NACA to the community and look forwars to the investment in jobs and presencew they will bring to our East side.” The chamber assisted NACA in its expansiom effort. Charlotte East owner Roger Kellogg, principall of , and leasinbg director Eric Speckman have workes closely with NACAsince 2007, when the nonprofigt established a small office in the park.
NACA has legally bindinhg agreements with all themajor lenders/servicers to restructurd the mortgages they service. The NACA agreementd cover more than 90 percent of homeowners with anunaffordablde mortgage. The staff from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will traveo nationwide to work on Save the Dream events where morethan 25,000 peoplew are counseled over four with thousands receiving affordable restructured mortgages with permanenyt interest rates often at 4 3 percent and 2 percent and where necessary the principao reduced. The organization, started in 1988, has the primart goal of building strong, healthy neighborhoodx nationwide throughaffordable homeownership.
NACA operationd include financial counseling, specialized mortgage services and a Home Save programn for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage. NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridat and Saturday at its Charlotte Counseling For more information about Neighborhood Assistance Corporationhof America, including employment opportunities, go to
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