First Time Homebuyer Programs in Georgia
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The funds that are provided under the CHIP can be used in several ways, such as to provide down payment assistance or homeowner rehabilitation funding to eligible low- and low-moderate income households in Georgia.

b) Emergency Solutions Grants Program (ESGP) - This program mainly concentrates on providing outreach, shelter, rapid re-housing, homelessness prevention and related services to people experiencing homelessness, or for people whose welfare are in danger as a result of homelessness.

The ESGP is the agency's attempt at enabling homeless individuals and families to move toward independent living as well as to prevent future instances or possibilities of homelessness.

c) Georgia Dream Homeownership Program - This program is DCA's leading program that is designed to assist low and moderate income families in the complex process of procuring a home.

The program is divided into two subprograms: the First Mortgage Loan Financing, which provides low-interest rate mortgage loans (payable for up to 30 years) to eligible borrowers with moderate incomes and modest assets, and the Down Payment and Closing Cost Financing Program which provides the eligible borrowers of the First Mortgage Loan Financing Program with the opportunity to procure a second loan worth $7,500 to cover the property's downpayment and closing costs.

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Achieving the Dream Program for First Time Home Buyers in New York
One of the programs of the State of New York Mortgage Agency, is the Achieving the Dream Program wherein it seeks to provide eligible low income first time home buyers with really low down payment mortgage financing programs.

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Downpayment Assistance Program for the First Time Home Buyers in North Carolina
The programs and activities of the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency are constantly geared towards the satisfaction of the best interest of its target population, which is why all their endeavors are carefully guided by their overall agency mission which is "to create affordable housing opportunities for North Carolinians whose needs are not met by the market."

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Downpayment Assistance Program for the First Time Home Buyers in North Carolina
In an attempt to contribute to the eradication of this problem, the North Carolina HFA has established the Downpayment Assistance Program for the First Time Home Buyers wherein they provide interest-free, deferred second mortgages up to $8,000 to cover the downpayment and closing costs of a chosen property.

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Alabama Housing Finance Authority
The Alabama Housing Finance Authority, more commonly referred to as AHFA, is a public corporation which was established in the year 1980 under the Act No. 80-585 of the Alabama Legislature.

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