Workforce Housing Specialists: $1,000 Down payment Assistance Grant

If you are in the market for a home and need assistance, please contact Realtors who are certified as Workforce Housing Specialists. These real estate professionals have been trained to understand and address your housing needs in your specific geographic area. They have the expert knowledge about local and state resources and are uniquely qualified and highly motivated to help you find the house of your dreams. The program focuses on those critical neighborhood workers — such as teachers, firefighters and nurses – who don’t earn enough to afford the average-priced home in the community they serve.

The requirements are the following:
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• Applicants must be employed by local, state or federal government, in the healthcare or education fields, or by 501(c)3 charitable organizations.
• Household income limits apply (see income chart on application).
• Buyer must be purchasing a primary residence.
• One grant is allowed per household per transaction.
• Buyer must complete a pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Program.
• The grant is a gift and does not require repayment.
• Buyers must be clients of a certified Workforce Housing Specialist, a certification program for REALTORS® with expert knowledge on the federal, state and local housing programs and resources available to serve workforce housing buyers earning less than the area median income.​

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Yanira Hernandez
​Yanira Hernandez is the Broker in Charge & Realtor at Blue Endeavours Real Estate.
To contact Yanira, email her at [email protected] or visit the Blue Endeavours Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/pages/category/Real-Estate/Blue-Endeavours-RE-619164098262243/