First Time Home Buyer

Grants in Texas

Complete Texas First Time Home Buyer Grant Information.

Are you thinking of buying your first home in Texas? Would you like a free gift of money to help you purchase that first home? If you answered yes to these two questions, there is great news for you. The state of Texas provides free money for its residents who are first time home buyers and need help with the down payment and closing costs. This money comes in the form of state grants. This is free money that shouldn't be passed up! The grant awards can be in the thousands of dollars. It will be well worth your time to educate yourself about the first time home buyer grant programs that the State of Texas provides.

Texas First Time Home Buyer Grants

The agency in Texas that provides assistance to first time home buyers is the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. There is one first time home buyer grant program available: Program 61 - Non-targeted. However, it is currently out of funding. When the programs has funds available, first time home buyers can get a cash grant of 4% to be used for down payment and closing costs. To find out more info about this grant program and when funding will be renewed, please visit the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs website page specifically describing all the first time home buyer programs.

Writing the Perfect Grant Application

Located within this site is a large amount on information on where to find grant programs for first time home buyers in each state. However, it is beyond the scope of this website to teach our visitors how to write a perfect grant application. While it is important to find grant sources that are applicable to your situation, it is equally important to write a quality grant application that will win you grant money. For this reason we have worked out a special arrangement with The Grant Assistant to provide our visitors with a complete grant writing kit. This kit provides additional sources of agencies that provide grants (over 1,400 sources). It will also assist you in writing the perfect grant application. The information contained in this kit is priceless. We highly suggest you obtain this valuable resource if you are even remotely interested in obtaining cash grants. The kit is completely free and you only have to pay $1.97 for postage. For less than two dollars you can get complete information that could bring you a grant of ten, fifteen, or twenty thousand dollars. We can't stress highly enough how much value you receive for less than two dollars. Click here to get these CD's rushed to your home, or see the offer at the bottom of this page.

Federal First Time Home Buyer Grants

Besides the state programs, there are federal funds and grants available to first time home buyers in Texas through the Homes and Communities program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. On their website you'll find complete grant information, application forms, description of available funds, as well as many other helpful tools.

Every potential first time home buyer should investigate what they have to offer. You can visit the website by going here: US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Also, there is a website that has a complete list of all grant programs available through the United States Federal Government: Grants.gov. First time home buyers should plan to spend the required time investigating to determine how many individual grants they may qualify for. You can visit the website by going to Grants.gov.

Other First Time Home Buyer Grants

There are also these local first time home buyer programs:

Abilene First Time Home Buyers (FTHB) Program (915) 676-6363
Arlington Homebuyers Assistance Program (AHAP) This contract is managed by Hunter and Hunter on behalf of the the City of Arlington. 866-231-5843
Athens Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (903) 677-6610
Austin Housing Finance Corporation Home Down payment Assistance Program (HDPA) (512) 499-3149
Brazoria County First Time Homebuyer Program (979) 864-1860
Bryan Down Payment Assistance Program (DA) (979) 209-5183
College Station Down payment Assistance Program (979) 764-3810
Corpus Christi Home Buyer Program (HBP) (361) 880-3010
Corpus Christi New Construction Homebuyer Program (NCP) (361) 880-3010
Dallas County Upfront Cost Assistance (UPCAP) Program (214) 819-6060
Dallas Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP) (214) 651-7789
Dallas Piedmont/Seyene Housing Trust Fund Homeowner Assistance Plan (214) 943-9007
Denton Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (940) 349-7726
El Paso Housing Assistance Program (HAP) (915) 541-4888
CIty of Fort Worth Assistance Programs (817) 392-7328
Garland NU STAR Infill Program (INFILL) (972) 205-3321
Garland Village of Eastgate Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP)
Greenville Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (903) 457-3160
Harlingen Community Development Corporation Homebuyers Program (HP) (956) 421-2351
Harris County HACH Public Housing Homeownership Program (PHHP) (713) 260-0763
Harris County Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP) (713) 578-2000
Harris County/Houston City-Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (713) 644-8488
Hidalgo County Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (956) 318-2619
Houston Alliance for Multicultural Community Services The Alliance IDA Program (IDA) (713) 776-4700
Houston Covenant Community Capital Corporation Smart Savings Program (SSP) (713) 223-1864
Laredo First Time Homebuyer Down payment Assistance Program (FTHB) (956) 795-2675
Lubbock Down Payment & Closing Cost (DP/CC) Assistance Program (806) 745-9559
Marshall First Time Homebuyer Down payment and Closing Cost Program (FTHB) (903) 935-4457
McLennan County Neighborhood Housing Services of Waco, Inc. Down payment Assistance Program (DAP) (254) 752-1647
Midland Neighborhood Housing Services Down Payment Assistance Program (DPAP) - NCR/Option 2 (915) 687-6647
Midland Neighborhood Housing Services Down Payment Assistance Programs (DPAP) - HIP/Option 1 (915) 687-6647
Multi Counties Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation Welcome Home Gift Program (GIFT) (806) 745-9559
Multi Counties Southeast Texas Finance Corporation First Time Homebuyer Assistance Program (FTHP) (281) 484-4663
New Braunfels Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (830) 608-2100
Nueces County Community Action Agency First Time Homebuyers Program (361) 883-7201
Pasadena First Time Homebuyer Assistance Program - SETH (281) 484-4663
Plano First Time Homebuyer Program (FTHB) (972) 941-7665
Round Rock Home Ownership Assistance Program (HOAP) (512) 341-3320
San Antonio Homeownership Incentive Program (HIP) (210) 225-6833
San Antonio Our Casas Leverage Loan Program (LLP) (210) 225-6833
San Benito HOME Investment Partnership Program (HIPP) (512) 475-1391
Sherman First Time Homeownership Closing Cost Grant Program (FHCCP) (903) 892-7227
Tarrant County Housing Partnership Inc Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (817) 924-5091
Temple Affordable Housing Program (AHP) (254) 298-5670
Temple Homeownership Program (HOP) (254) 773-2009
Terrell First Time Homebuyer Program (FTHP) (972) 551-6670
Texas City First Time Homebuyer Assistance Program (FTHB) (409) 643-5730
Texas United Cerebral Palsy of Texas Home of Your Own (HOYO) First Time Home Buyer Grants (HBA) (512) 472-8696
Val Verde County Del Rio Housing Authority Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP) (830) 774-6506
Victoria Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP) (361) 572-2795
Waco New/Acquisition Housing Loan Program (HLP) (254) 750-5629
Webb County Laredo-Webb NHS First Time Homebuyer Home Ownership Pilot Program (HOP) (956) 712-9100
Wichita Falls First-Time Homebuyers Program (FTHP) (940) 761-7454

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See also First Time Home Buyer Programs for other types of 1st Home Buying assistance.

This website provides complete state-by-state contact information for down payment grants. We suggest that you send for the free CD that takes you step by step through the application forms to ensure that you complete the grant applications properly.


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