The Arizona Housing Fund (AZHF) is expanding its Escrow Donation Program to include notaries at AZ48 Notary Services LLC, thanks to the company’s owner and principal Amita Sall.

Via AZHF’s Escrow Donation Program, real estate agents, buyers and sellers can donate $25 or more at the close of escrow, with those funds going towards affordable housing projects with services for people experiencing homelessness. When Sall heard about the program at an AZHF meeting last November, she knew she wanted to get involved.

Amita Sall, owner/principal of AZ48 Notary Services

“I moved here from Seattle, where big tech companies quickly expanded across the city, displacing thousands of vulnerable people and creating a homelessness crisis that has spiraled out of control,” Sall, a child of immigrant parents, shared in a press release. “I don’t want this to happen in Arizona, but if something isn’t done, that’s where we’re headed. The Arizona Housing Fund is a way for everyone to get involved in a grassroots effort to fund affordable housing for those in our state who need some help.”

Sall has committed to donating $10 for every home-sale notary transaction, and is calling on other notaries to do the same.

“When Amita reached out, it really made an impression on me,” said AZHF Founder and Bank of America Executive Howard Epstein. “Imagine if every person and company involved in a home sale were to make a small donation — if inspection companies, appraisal companies, mortgage brokerages, real estate agents and notaries all made donations. We could raise millions each year to house the thousands of seniors, veterans, single parents, victims of abuse, kids and other vulnerable Arizonians experiencing homelessness.”