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39) $750,000 To Buy A Ranch Or Farm

Called the “Farm Ownership Loans Program” and referred to as Program #10.407 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program helps eligible farmers, ranchers, and aquaculture operators, including farming cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, and joint operations, through the extension of credit and supervisory assistance to: Become owner-operators of not larger than family farms; make efficient use of the land, labor, and other resources; carry on sound and successful farming operations; and enable farm families to have a reasonable standard of living.
Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service at
www.rurdev.usda.gov
 

40) $300,000 Grant To Help Families Build Part Of Their Own Home

Called “Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance” and referenced as Program #10.420 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program provides Self Help Technical Assistance Grants to provide financial assistance to qualified nonprofit organizations and public bodies that will aid needy very low and low-income individuals and their families to build homes in rural areas by the self help method. Any State, political subdivision, private or public nonprofit corporation is eligible to apply. Section 523 Grants are used to pay salaries, rent, and office expenses of the nonprofit organization. Pre-development grants up to $10,000 may be available to qualified organizations.
Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service at
www.rurdev.usda.gov
 

41) Reverse Mortgages For Seniors

Called "Reserve Mortgages For Seniors" and referred to as Program #14.183 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program enables elderly homeowners, 62 years of age or older, to convert equity in their homes to monthly streams of income or except for Texas - lines of credit. HUD insures lenders against loss on reverse mortgage loans. For information go to http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hecm/rmtopten.cfm
 

42) Money To Buy or Fix Up Houses In The Pacific Islands or The Virgin Islands

Called "Community Development Block Grants/Special Purpose Grants/Insular Areas" and referred to as Program #14.225 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program provides community development assistance to the Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. For information on this program go to http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/cpd_programs.cfm
 

43) 50% Discount For Law Enforcement Officers To Buy A Home

Called "Officer Next Door Sales Program" and referred to as Program #14.198 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program strengthens America's communities by providing homeownership opportunities to law enforcement officers in HUD- designated revitalization areas, and to improve the quality of life in these neighborhoods by their presence. Law enforcement officers may purchase HUD-owned single unit properties located in designated revitalization areas at a 50 percent discount off list price. Officers must agree to occupy homes as their sole residence for a period of 3 years. The officer must also agree to execute a second mortgage and note in the name of the Department for an amount equal to the 50 percent discount. This zero interest note will gradually decrease over the 3-year mandatory residence period until it reaches zero. Should the officer leave the home before the 1st anniversary of occupancy, 90 percent of the discounted amount will be due to HUD. Departure before the 2nd anniversary of occupancy will require a 60 percent repayment, and departure before the 3rd anniversary of occupancy will require a 30 percent repayment of the discounted amount. Officers must certify initially, and once annually, for each year of the occupancy term, that he/she continues to own and live in the home as a sole residence, and that no other residential real estate is owned. Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm
 

44) Money To Buy Or Build A Home After A Natural Disaster

Called “Direct Housing – Natural Disaster” and referred to as Program #10.445 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program assists qualified lower income rural families to meet emergency assistance needs resulting from natural disaster to buy, build, rehabilitate, or improve dwellings in rural areas. Funds are only available to the extent that funds are not provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). For the purpose of administering these funds, natural disaster will only include those areas identified by a Presidential declaration.
Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service at
http://disaster.usda.gov/

45) $150,000 To Help Veterans and Unmarried Spouses of Veterans to Buy or Fix Up A Home

Called “Veterans Housing – Guaranteed and Insured Loans” and referred to as Program #64.114 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this programs assists veterans, certain service personnel, and certain unmarried surviving spouses of veterans, in obtaining credit for the purchase, construction or improvement of homes on more liberal terms than are generally available to non-veterans.
Contact:
you local Veterans Administration office at Department of Veterans Affairs,
Washington, DC 20420, 202-273-7390
http://www.homeloans.va.gov
 

46) Low Cost Flood Insurance

Called “Floor Insurance” and referred to as Program #97,022 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program persons to purchase insurance against physical damage to or loss of buildings and/or contents therein caused by floods, mudslide (i.e., mudflow), or flood-related erosion, thereby reducing Federal disaster assistance payments, and to promote wise floodplain management practices in the Nation's flood-prone and mudflow- prone areas.
Contact: Department of Homeland Security 245 Murray Drive,
S.W. Washington,
D.C. 20528 202-282-8000.
www.dhs.gov

47) $150,000 To Help Native Americans Buy A Home

Called “Public and Indian Housing – Indian Loan Guarantee” and referenced as Program #14.865 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program provides homeownership opportunities to Native Americans, Tribes, Indian Housing Authorities including Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), and Indian Housing Authorities on Indian land, through a guaranteed mortgage loan program available through private financial institutions. Mortgage loans are for the acquisition or rehabilitation of existing homes, purchase and rehabilitation of a home or construction of a new home; and refinancing of existing debt.
Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at
www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm

48) Money To Buy, Fix Up Or Refinance a Home

Called “rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance” and referred to as Program #14.108 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program helps families repair or improve, purchase and improve, or refinance and improve existing residential structures more than one year old. These loans may be used to rehabilitate an existing 1 to 4 unit dwelling in one of four ways: (1) Purchase a structure and the land on which the structure is located and rehabilitate it; (2) purchase a structure on another site, move it onto a new foundation on the mortgaged property and rehabilitate it; (3) refinance the existing indebtedness and rehabilitate such a structure; or (4) rehabilitate such a structure.
Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at www.hud.gov/local.index.cfm
 

49) Get a $100,000 Home For $1 plus Fix Up Money

Called the "Dollar Home Sales" and referred to as Program #14.313 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program expands HUD's partnership with local governments in helping to foster housing opportunities for low- to moderate-income families and address specific community needs. Single family homes that are acquired in foreclosure actions by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will be eligible for sale to local governments across the nation for $1 plus closing costs when the properties have been listed for at least six months and remain unsold. Local governments buying HUD properties for $1 plus closing costs may sell or rent them to low- and moderate-income families, to first-time homebuyers, or to groups that will use the properties to provide services such as child- care centers, domestic abuse shelters, job training centers, etc Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at www.hud.gov/local.index.cfm
 

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