Government Grants for Housing Assistance
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By downloading a grant application package, you can view it offline, giving you the flexibility to complete the application when and where you want.

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After knowing which information is it that you need. You are now ready to apply. Listed below are the steps you could follow in submitting your application

1. Ask for you housing grant application kit from the HUD.

2. Look into every nook and cranny of that application kit before you actually write anything in it.

3. Make sure you will be able to answer every single part of that application. Do not leave anything blank)

4. No erasures. Please make sure your application is neat and organized.

5. Writing must be done well and must be succinct.

6. Send the application to the right person and agency. HUD will tell you where you are to submit these requirements.

7. If you are required to go the HUD for added requirements, make sure you go on the proper date and schedule and bring the necessary information and IDs they request of you.

Housing grants are very helpful especially when you can’t seem to have that house you have always wanted because of your bad credit record. Most Americans are just not that aware of these grants because the government does not have funds to actually promote their programs.

Just remember to write well and be truthful with everything that you will write in your application. Go and get that grant. Go get your house.

About The Author Michael Saunders has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He edits a site on Government Grants for Small Businesses and also edits HandsNet - A Human Services News Website.

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Additional Resources

category - Home Buying Programs

Department of Housing and Urban Development's Dollar Homes Program
The 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.

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Down Payment Assistance Loan for First Time Home Buyers in New York
In line with this, The State of New York Mortgage Agency has been running the Down Payment Assistance Loan Program (DPAL) wherein it intends to help first time home buyers overcome the setbacks brought about by down payments and closing costs.

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Department of Housing and Urban Development: Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs
The CoC Homeless Assistance programs is designed to reduce the incidence of homelessness in established CoC communities, thereby the need to assist homeless individuals and families during the process of quickly transitioning to self-sufficiency and permanent housing.

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California Housing Finance Agency
The California Housing Finance Agency, otherwise known as CalHFA, is an independent, self-supporting agency that was chartered to as the State's affordable housing bank to make low interest rate loans through the sale of tax-exempt bonds; with these bonds being repaid by revenues generated through mortgage loans, instead of taxpayer dollars.

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