Volt Sub to Expand Mortgage Counseling

Volt Inc., Catheys Valley, Calif., has announced that its Opportunity Knocks subsidiary will expand credit counseling services for pre-approved mortgage applicants for a federal gift program to include military personnel and faith-based organizations.The subsidiary already services union, government, fire, and police personnel applying for the gift program sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The "Stop Renting--Start Living" campaign, which is slated to begin this month in Virginia and Maryland, counsels potential first-time homebuyers on the benefits of homeownership and helps them to pre-qualify for a mortgage requiring little or no downpayment on properties owned, identified, or being rehabilitated by the company and its partners. Volt is a power provider and marketer of financial services and the parent company of First Washington Financial Corp., Bethesda, Md.