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FHLB Dallas.”
HFHSTW was the first Habitat affiliate in Louisiana
when it opened in 1981. To date, the organization
has built 245 homes, and soon will complete its
246th. Mr. St. Romain also credited its banking rela-
tionship with Home Bank, an FHLB Dallas member,
for supporting the Habitat affiliate.
Pat Brister, President of St. Tammany Parish, ac-
knowledged the partnerships that have helped the
hard-hit area. “St. Tammany Parish has made tre-
mendous progress over the last 10 years through
innovation and sheer determination,” said Ms.
Brister, who also serves on FHLB Dallas’ Board
of Directors. “We thank our St. Tammany Habitat
affiliates, FHLB Dallas, and its members for their
commitment to this community.”
AHP grants are available annually through FHLB
Dallas member institutions to assist in the develop-
ment of affordable owner-occupied and rental hous-
ing for very low- to moderate-income households
located across FHLB Dallas’ five-state District of
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and
Texas.
Whitney Bank is one of more than 30 FHLB Dallas
member institutions participating in Gulf Coast-ar-
ea AHP projects since 2005. In that time, the New
Orleans-based bank has been awarded more than
$2.9 million in 16 AHP grants that resulted in 294
Habitat housing units.
“We are delighted to have had the opportunity to
work with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
and Habitat for Humanity over the past decade,”
said Sunada Pool Brookins, Vice President and
Director of CRA & Community Affairs at Whitney
Bank. “By providing affordable homeownership op-
portunities, they have made a difference in the lives
of hundreds of families.”
