PRIVACY STATEMENT

Virginia Housing and Community Development Corporation (VHCDC) is committed to safeguarding your privacy and protecting the information we collect to serve our mission of educating and empowering individuals, families, and minority business owners to build wealth, access capital and credit, and achieve homeownership. This Privacy Statement outlines how VHCDC collects, uses, and protects personal information.

Information Collection and Use
VHCDC collects personal information, including but not limited to, email addresses, telephone numbers, mailing addresses, and other non-public details, to provide and support services to our clients. We use this information to offer individualized guidance, educational programs, and resources that align with our mission of supporting financial empowerment and homeownership.

In addition to individual client services, VHCDC aggregates data to improve and expand our educational programs and resources, ensuring they are effective in helping individuals, families, and minority-owned businesses. We may also use this information to communicate with clients, investors, vendors, suppliers, donors, and others aligned with our mission, including through SMS text messages as needed.

Protection and Disclosure of Information
VHCDC is dedicated to maintaining the confidentiality of your information. We will not disclose any personal information to third parties except as required by federal and state law or as necessary to provide the services for which VHCDC and the client, investor, vendor, supplier, or donor are engaged.

Use of Cookies
To enhance user experience on the VHCDC website, we utilize cookies—small data elements that our website can send to your browser and store on your system. Cookies enable us to tailor content to your interests and ensure a seamless browsing experience on our site. By continuing to use the VHCDC website, you consent to our use of cookies.

Client Management System
VHCDC utilizes a dedicated client management system to effectively service our clients. Access to and use of this system is limited exclusively to the purposes of programs and services for which clients have enrolled or subscribed, in alignment with our organization’s mission.

We appreciate your trust in VHCDC and are committed to protecting your privacy as we work together to achieve financial empowerment and homeownership.