State Bond and Down Payment Assistance Programs
what is down payment assistance?
Down payment assistance programs are put in place to help eligible homebuyers provide funds for their down payment on a new home or closing costs. These are often state-specific.
nationwide down payment assistance
In addition to state-specific programs, we offer national down payment assistance options, including:
- Downpayment Plus® — Up to $10,000 in down payment assistance for conventional, FHA, VA, or USDA loans
- National Homebuyers Fund and Chenoa Fund — Up to 5% down payment assistance for FHA loans
- Freddie Mac BorrowSmart Access℠ — $3,000 in assistance available in select areas
- Freddie Mac BorrowSmart® — $1,250 in down payment and/or closing cost assistance for eligible homebuyers
Geographical restrictions apply. All loan requests are subject to credit approval as well as specific loan program requirements and guidelines.
state bond & down payment assistance programs
Wondering if we offer a down payment assistance program in your state? Take a look at the list below. If you’re still unsure and would like to learn more, contact a loan originator in your area.
Arizona
- Home in Five Advantage
- Home in Five Platinum
- Home Plus
- Homebuyer’s Solution Program
California
- Assist-to-Own
- California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA)
- CalHome Program
- CalPlus
- Chickasaw Nation
- Golden State Finance Authority Platinum
- Golden State Finance Authority Platinum Select
- HHP DFO Loan
- Mortgage Assistance Program
- MyHome Assistance Program
- Sierra Madre
- Zero Interest Program (ZIP) — ask for details
Colorado
- Colorado Housing and Finance Authority Down Payment Assistance Grant
- Colorado Housing and Finance Authority Down Payment Assistance Second Mortgage Loan
- Colorado Housing and Finance Authority First Generation
- Colorado Housing and Finance Authority FirstStep
- Colorado Housing and Finance Authority Preferred
- Colorado Housing and Finance Authority SmartStep
- Eagle County Loan Fund
- Colorado metroDPA
Connecticut
- Down Payment Assistance Program (DAP) Loan
- Homebuyer Mortgage Program
- Time To Own
Delaware
- Dover First Start
- Sussex County Housing Trust Fund
District of Columbia
- DC Open Doors
- Down Payment Assistance Loan (DPAL)
- Employer Assisted Housing Program (EAHP)
- Home Purchase Assistance Program (HPAP)
Florida
- 3%, 4%, and 5% PLUS
- Bay County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- Central FL Homebuyers Dream- Orange County
- Central Florida Homebuyers Dream
- Central Florida Housing Opportunities Program
- City of Orlando State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- City Of Panama City State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- DARE to Own the Dream Program
- Downpayment and Purchase Assistance
- Down Payment Assistance Forgivable Second Mortgage
- Down Payment Assistance Second Mortgage
- East Tampa CRA Down Payment Assistance
- First Time Homebuyer Grant Program
- First Time Homebuyer Grant Program (RCF)
- Florida First
- Florida First Heroes
- Florida HFA Advantage
- Florida HFA Advantage PLUS
- Florida HFA Preferred
- Florida HFA Preferred PLUS
- Florida Assist Second Mortgage
- Florida Homeownership Loan Program (FL HLP)
- Glades County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Down Payment Assistance Program
- Hendry County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- Hernando County Down Payment Assistance
- Highlands County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- HOLMES County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- HOME Down Payment Assistance
- HOME Investment Partnership-First Time Homebuyer Program
- Home Key Plus Second Mortgage
- Home Purchase Assistance Program
- Home Sweet Home - Hillsborough County
- Homebuyer Assistance Program
- Homebuyer Loan Program
- Homebuyers Purchase Assistance Program
- Homeownership Pool Program
- Homes Key First Program - Pinellas County
- Hometown Heroes Second Mortgage
- Housing Opportunities Program-Orange County
- Key to Homeownership - Manatee County
- Lake County, Florida State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- Lee County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP)
- Mortgage Assist Program
- Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)
- Okaloosa Community Development SHIP
- Own a Home Opportunity Gran Program -Lee County
- Own a Home Opportunity Program
- Own a Home Opportunity Program - Lee County
- Purchase Assistance Program
- Purchase Assistance Program (SHIP)
- Single Family Loan Program - ECHFA
- Walton County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
- Washington County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program
Georgia
- Atlanta Housing Down Payment Assistance Program
- Homestretch Down Payment Assistance Program
Idaho
- Affordable Homeownership Program
- First Loan
- HFA Advantage
- HFA Preferred
- Idaho Heros Foundation Partnership Grant
- Forgiveable Loan
- Idaho Heroes Second Mortgage
Illinois
- Access 10% Repayable
- Access 4% Forgivable
- Access 5% Deferred
- Access IHDA
- Cook County Down Payment Assistance
- Cook County Homebuyer Assistance Program
- HOME Consortium Down Payment Assistance
- IL HFA 1
- Illinois HFA1
- Lake County Down Payment Assistance Program
- Live and Work Rock Island EAP - Employee Assistance Program
- SmartBuy
- SmartBuy Down Payment Assistance
Iowa
- First-Time Home Buyer Program
- FirstHome
- FirstHome Plus
- Homes for Iowans
- Homes for Iowans Plus
- Military Homeownership Assistance (MHOA) Grant
- Minority Down Payment Assistance Pilot Program
Kansas
- KansasDPA
- Affordable Homeownership Program (AHP) Down Payment Assistance Program
Kentucky
- Homebuyer Assistance Loan
- Louisville Metro Down Payment Assistance Program
Maryland
- 1st Advantage 6000
- Baltimore City Employee Homeownership Assistance Program
- Baltimore City Live Near Your Work Program
- Charles County SELP Program (Settlement Expense Loan Program)
- Conventional Refinance Loan Program
- DreamMaker Loan
- Flex 3% Loan
- Flex 6000
- Greenbelt Home Advantage Program
- HomeAbility
- HomeStart
- HomeStart 6% Down Payment Assistance
- HomeStarter Loan
- HomeSteader Loan
- Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work Program
- Maryland HomeAbility
- Maryland SmartBuy 3.0
- MMP 1st Time Advantage
- MMP 1st Time Advantage with 3%, 4% or 5% Loan
- MMP Flex
- Montgomery Homeownership Program
- Montgomery Homeownership Program
- Pathway to Purchase Program
- Revitalization Loan
- SmartBuy Second Mortgage 3.0
- Vacants to Value Booster Program
- Workforce Initiative
Michigan
- Homebuyer Assistance Fund Program
- ICCF IDA Program
- MI 10K Down Payment Assistance Loan
- MI Home Loan
- MI Home Loan Flex
Minnesota
- Brooklyn Park Down Payment Assistance Loan
- City of Blaine Economic Development Authority’s Program
- City of Big Lake/Tri-CAP Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)
- Coon Rapids Down Payment Assistance Loan
- First Time Homebuyer Program
- First Time Homebuyer’s Program
- First-Generation Homebuyer Loan Program
- First Generation Homebuyers Community Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Fund
- FirstHOME Program
- Hennepin County HRA Homebuyer Assistance
- Homebuyers Club Grant
- Inspiring Communities Homebuyer Assistance Incentive Program
- Lind Bohanon Home Purchase Deferred Loan Program
- Minnesota Housing Finance Agency 30-year Second
- Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Deferred Payment Second-MHFA Deferred Payment Loan (DPL)
- Moving to Work Lease-to-Own Program
- Start Up Program
- Step Up Program
- ViNA Home Buyer Assistance Grant
- Welcome to Minnetonka Program
- Webber-Camden Down Payment Assistance Loan
- Woodbury First Time Homeownership Program
- Woodbury Foreclosure Purchase Program
Missouri
- Cash Assistance Loan (CAL)
- First Place Loan Program
- Next Step Loan Program
New Hampshire
- 1st Generation Homebuyer Downpayment Assistance Program
- Cash Assistance Second Mortgage
- Home First Plus-MRB
- Home First-MRB
- Home Flex
- Home Flex Plus
- Home Preferred
- Home Preferred Plus
New Jersey
- First Time Homebuyer
- First Generation Homebuyer
- HFA Advantage
- Homeward bound
- Police and Fireman (PFRS)
- Smart Start Down Payment Assistance
New Mexico
- Down Payment Assistance Advantage Grant
- First Down Plus Program
- First Down Program
- First Home
- Home Forward
- HomeFoward Down Payment Assistance
- Los Alamos Housing Partnership Inc
- Next Home
- NextDown Forgivable Second Loan Program
- Rio Rancho Housing Opportunity Program (RRHOP)
- Sante Fe Homes Program
Ohio
- CDCA Down Payment Assistance Program (DAP)
- Communities First Ohio Program
- Communities First Ohio Program Grant Assistance
- Cuyahoga County Down Payment Assistance Program
- First Time Homebuyer Your Choice! Down Payment Assistance
- Grants for Grads
- Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield
- Next Home Your Choice! Down Payment Assistance
- OHFA Conventional Refinance
- OHFA FTHB and Ohio Heroes Program
- OHFA Government Refinance
- Revitalize Home Mortgage Down Payment Assistance
- VITA Down Payment Assistance
Oklahoma
- Cherokee Nation Mortgage Assistance Program
- City of Tulsa First Time Homebuyer Program
- County First Time Homebuyer Program
- DREAM
- Gold Loan Program
- OHFA 4Teachers
- OHFA Sheild
- REI Home 100 Conventional
- REI Home 100 FHA Hybrid
- REI Home 100 Government
- Cleveland County First Home Program
- Tulsa County First Home Program
- North Tulsa Forward Program
Oregon
- Down Payment Assistance Program
- Down Payment Assistance Grant
- DevNW Downpayment Assistance Program
Pennsylvania
- Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance Program
- Homeownership First
- Philly First Home Program
- Revitalization Homeownership First
- Settlement Assistance Grant
- Upper Darby Township First Time Homebuyer Program
Rhode Island
- 15k Down Payment Assistance
- Extra Assistance Loan
- MRB Government
- Non-MRB Conventional
- Non-MRB Government
- Rhode Island Statewide Down Payment Assistance Grant Program
South Carolina
- County First Forgivable Down Payment Assistance
- County First Program
- Forgivable Down Payment Assistance
- Palmetto Heroes
- Palmetto Home Advantage
- Palmetto Home Advantage Forgivable Down Payment Assistance
- South Carolina Housing Homebuyer Program
Tennessee
- Homebuyer Assistance Program
Texas
- Capital Area HFC Grant
- Chickasaw Nation Downpayment and/or Closing Cost Assistance Grant
- First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program
- Hill Country Home Down Payment Assistance Program
- Hill County Home Down Payment Assistance Program
- Home Sweet Texas Homes Loan Program
- Homes for Texas Heroes Home Loan Program
- My Choice Texas Home Program
- My Choice Texas Home Program (Non First-time Homebuyer)
- My First Texas Home Program
- My First Texas Home Program (TMP 79) First-time Homebuyer
- SETH 5 Star Texas Advantage
- SETH 5 Star Texas Advantage Second
- TSAHC 2nd Lien Down Payment Assistance
- TSAHC Down Payment Assistance Assistance Grant
- VLB Veterans Housing Assistance Program
Virginia
- Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Grant Program
- HOMEownership Down Payment & Closing Cost Assistance Program
- Homeownership Down Payment Assistance Program (HOME)
- Project Homes Grant (Sub Lien)
- VH Closing Cost Assistance (CCA) Grant
- VH Plus 2nd Mortgage Program
Wisconsin
- ‘MOmentum Down Payment Assistance
- Advantage Conv
- Affordable Housing Program (AHP)
- Appleton Housing Homebuyer Program
- BCHA Loan
- Capital Access Advantage
- Couleecap Down Payment Assistance Program
- Down Payment & Closing Cost Assistance Grant
- Down Payment & Closing Cost Loan
- Down Payment and Closing Assistance Program
- Downpayment Program
- Easy Close Down Payment Assistance
- Employer Assisted Homeownership Program
- Employer Assisted Housing Program
- HFA Advantage
- Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Housing Down Payment Assistance
- HOME - Buy the American Dream
- HOME Buyer Program
- Home Consortium Down Payment Assistance
- HOME Loan & IMPACT HOME Loan
- HOME Ownership Program
- HomeStart
- Homestyle Renovation
- Housing Cost Reduction Initiative (HCRI) Homebuyers Program
- LakeCap Down Payment Assistance
- Movin' Out AHP
- Movin' Out Dane Co. CDBG
- Movin' Out Madison HOME
- NeighborWorks Loan Fund
- Newcap Homebuyer Program
- NSP (Neighborhood Stabilization Program)
- Sold on Oshkosh
- Stevens Point Housing Authority Program
- Winnebago Homebuyer Program
learn more and apply today
Contact a local mortgage expert in your area to learn more and get pre-approved.