AROUND THE COUNTRY BUY HOMES FOR ###COLUMNCONTENT### DOWN. Bill in Congress would let First Responders buy a home for ###COLUMNCONTENT### down. By Suzie Ziegler TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) aims to make homeownership more attainable for first responders and teachers. Rubio held a press conference during National Police Week to highlight the bill he first introduced in October 2021. “It’s a law designed to help the people who help us,” Rubio told Fox News on Sunday. “They’re struggling in many parts of this country to be able to afford to live in the cities that they’re serving.” The HELPER Act (Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator and Responder) would provide a one-time, ###COLUMNCONTENT### down home loan option for civil servants, ABC 10 reported. First responders must have served at least four years to qualify for the program, according to Fox News. Police leaders celebrated the bill, saying it could attract more officers to expensive housing markets. Gus Papathanasiou, the chairman of the U.S. Capitol Police labor committee, said the bill could help alleviate the police recruiting crisis. “These are incredibly difficult times to recruit young men and women to law enforcement,” Papathanasiou told Fox News. “The HELPER Act gives us an important tool to help officers access the housing market and have their slice of the American dream, which is homeownership.” The tragedy in Uvalde has touched us all. The loss of these young children and teachers is heartbreaking. Our hearts bleed for the parents who have to lay For 38 years, The BLUES Police Magazine has served the law enforcement these young souls to rest. If you were on this scene, the images of this horrible community in Texas. Each month, we highlight the men and women in tragedy are forever etched in your mind. No matter how hard you try, you can law enforcement and their sacrifices for their community. Sometimes never they forget pay the what ultimate you saw. sacrifice After covering with their this life. event Other and times, speaking these men with and parents women and first are responders, injured duty The BLUES and lose wants the ability to do more to work than their just extra report jobs what happened. and provide We want for their to do families. everything Thankfully we can some to support non-profit not only groups the and families who individuals lost loved hold ones, fundraisers but all the for first these responders officers, who and were The BLUES involved is happy in one to way or another. promote Please these events. donate But whatever we want you to can. do more. The BLUES So beginning will join this forces month, with other The non-profits BLUES has in set Uvalde up a special to determine assistance the best fund use whereby of these our funds readers and can ensure donate they benefit money the to assist families these and officers first responders. and their families. The BLUES The will BLUES be donating currently 0 has to over this 100,000 fund. Let’s readers break each the month. goal of If 0,000 everyone and donated show only Uvalde the first how much a month, we care. we could raise over million a year. Let’s do our part and make a difference. God Bless our First Responders and God Bless our readers for making a difference. CLICK HERE TO DONATE 18 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 19
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