Affordable Housing

At Fannie Mae, we are in the American Dream business. Our mission is to tear down barriers, lower costs, and increase the opportunities for homeownership and affordable rental housing for all Americans. Because having a safe place to call home strengthens families, communities, and our nation as a whole. Fannie Mae’s Affordable Housing and Community Development activities focus on tackling America’s toughest housing problems by developing solutions to housing barriers faced by underserved populations and communities that traditionally have not been well served by the mortgage industry.

HUD’s mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships particularly with faith-based and community organizations that leverage resources and improve HUD’s ability to be effective on the community level. This is a HUD insured mortgage program.

Florida Housing was created by the Florida Legislature more than 25 years ago to help our fellow Floridians obtain safe, decent affordable housing that might otherwise be unavailable to them. Today, Florida Housing continues its mission by increasing affordable housing opportunities and ensuring that its programs are well matched to the needs of those we serve. We know that we cannot accomplish our mission alone. As such, we continue to work with local governments, non-profits, elected officials and others to help spread the importance of affordable housing in Florida’s communities. FHFC – Florida Housing Finance Corporation website.

Every day works with lenders around the country to deliver affordable mortgage products to consumers, including low-down payment products, lease-purchase and reduced mortgage insurance mortgages. Housing finance is just one tool Freddie Mac uses to increase homeownership, another is alliance with other similarly committed groups. These groups include local and state government, non-profit organizations and non-lender participants in the housing industry such as Realtors. Freddie Mac is dedicated to working with these organizations to provide the service and innovation necessary to continue the record growth of homeownership in America.

HAP (Homeownership Assistance Program) is a State funded program.

The Florida Hometown Heroes Housing Program makes homeownership affordable for eligible community workforce.

This program provides down payment and closing cost assistance to first-time, income-qualified homebuyers so they can purchase a primary residence in the community in which they work and serve. The Florida Hometown Heroes Loan Program also offers a lower first mortgage interest rate and additional special benefits to those who have served and continue to serve their country.

Program Details:

• Eligible full-time workforce, employed by a Florida-based employer can receive lower than market interest rates on an FHA, VA, RD, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac first mortgage, reduced upfront fees, no origination points or discount points and down payment and closing cost assistance.
• Borrowers can receive up to 5% of the first mortgage loan amount (maximum of $35,000) in down payment and closing cost assistance.
• Down payment and closing cost assistance is available in the form of a 0%, non-amortizing, 30-year deferred second mortgage. This second mortgage becomes due and payable, in full, upon sale of the property, refinancing of the first mortgage, transfer of deed or if the homeowner no longer occupies the property as his/her primary residence. The Florida Hometown Heroes loan is not forgivable.

SHIP may provide a one-time loan for down payment, closing costs, and/or improvements to qualified persons. The amount of SHIP funds that you can receive are calculated on a case-by-case basis. The SHIP Office and participating lenders work together to determine the amount of SHIP assistance that an individual home purchase requires. Subsidy amounts will be awarded on an as needed basis. More about SHIP.

Section 502 Program – Guaranteed. The loan guarantee program provides guarantees to lenders. Lenders may approve loans up to 100 percent of the appraised value for moderate income applicants. An approved lender originates the loan and the agency will guarantee 90 percent of the mortgage.

Section 502 Program – Direct. A single-family housing direct loan program that provides opportunities for very-low and low-income families and individuals to purchase or construct their own homes with a direct loan from Rural Development. The homeowner’s monthly mortgage payment is based on income. For more information, please visit the USDA Rural Development website.

The main purpose of the VA home loan program is to help veterans finance the purchase of homes with favorable loan terms and at a rate of interest which is competitive with the rate charged on other type of mortgage loans. For VA housing loan purposes, the term “veteran” includes certain members of the Selected Reserve, active duty service personnel and certain categories of spouses. Loans can be up to 100of the appraised value of the home and no mortgage insurance is required.