First Time Homebuyer Programs in Maine
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TopGovernmentGrants Editorial StaffOne of the most essential needs of an individual and a family is the need for safe, quality, and comfortable housing opportunities. The State of Maine understands takes this need to heart, and as a result, has established the Maine State Housing Authority.
Maine State Housing Authority, more commonly referred to as MaineHousing, is an independent state agency that bridges public and private housing finance, combining them to benefit Maine’s low and moderate-income people.
The first time homebuyer programs of MaineHousing are all especially designed to contribute to the achievement of its primary agency mission which is to "assist Maine people to obtain and maintain decent, safe, affordable housing and services suitable to their unique housing needs."
Among all of the agency's programs, some of the most notable are the following:
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First Time Homebuyer Programs in New HampshireThe State of New Hampshire gives great importance to the welfare and safety of its people. One of the ways of showing this is through the establishment of the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, which is specially designed to assist low to moderate income residents of New Hampshire in the process of procuring safe and affordable housing opportunities.
First Time Homebuyer Programs in ArkansasThe Arkansas Development Finance Authority was primarily created to develop safe, decent and affordable housing for low and moderate income Arkansans. The authority's primary goal is to administer funding in the form of tax exempt bonds and other debt instruments through several programs which are divided into three main categories: Economic Development, Homeownership, and Affordable Rental Housing.
Department of Housing and Urban Development's Dollar Homes ProgramThe Dollar Homes Program revolves around the process of selling single family homes for a superbly reasonable price of $1 (plus closing cost) to low-to-moderate income families, granted that these houses have been acquired through foreclosure by the Federal Housing Administration, and have already been actively marketed for at least six months and still remained unsold after that certain period of time.
Rural Community Development InitiativeThe Rural Community Development Initiative can be awarded to legally qualified private, public, and tribal groups or organizations that have the experience and capability of providing training and technical assistance to nonprofit community-based housing and community development organizations, as well as low income rural communities.