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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First Time Homebuyer Programs in Georgia
The state of Georgia offers a variety of programs to assist first time home buyers. The programs are offered primarily through the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

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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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State of New York Mortgage Agency
The State of New York Mortgage Agency, otherwise referred to as SONYMA, is an agency established in the year 1970 in an attempt to address the shortages of funds within private banking systems that are specifically intended for residential mortgages within the State of New York.

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Rural Community Development Initiative
The 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.

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