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Provides training, education, and counseling to first-time homebuyers. Classes are open to first-time homebuyers or current homeowners. Offers a variety of homeownership tools to start the journey of owning a home, such as:- Framework: Offers access to an online learning option. An alternative course designed to help homebuyers navigate the home-buying process, which can be completed at their own pace.- Homestretch Workshops: For individuals interested in learning how to buy a home. Local professionals such as real estate agents, lenders, and home inspectors speak about their part in the process. Down payment and closing cost assistance may be available to first-time homebuyers who complete the workshop, as well as meet other eligibility criteria. Virtual workshops are available.- One-On-One Counseling Session: Counseling sessions are free and are focused on affordability, types of mortgages, budgeting, savings, and accomplishing goals

Statewide purchase and refinance loan programs are available for first-time and repeat homebuyers. They provide affordable interest rates and monthly payments, plus optional down payment and closing cost assistance for eligible buyers.Visit the website for current income and home cost limits, and to find a nearby lender.Homebuyer education may be required for some mortgage programs. Attend Home Stretch for in-person training, or Framework for online training.

Homeownership programs include:Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO): Provides homes available under a Contract for Deed with no down payment for those who qualify to assist in the stabilization of declining neighborhoods. Program rules provide a 0% down payment and interest loan for a maximum of 30 days.Community Revitalization Fund (CRF): ?Provides low interest loans for qualified individuals in building or buying existing homes. Down payment assistance may be available through CRF program.First-time Homebuyer Program: Partners with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for funding made available annuallySection 8 Home Ownership Program: Helps with mortgage payments for current participants of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The program is open to participants who have been on the voucher program for at least one year. Once on the program, the family will be issued a Homeownership voucher.

Offers a variety of programs to make homeownership a possibility for low-income families. Services may include:- Home Stretch Classes: Offers a homeownership training program required for participation in order to receive financial assistance- Minnesota City Participation Program: In partnership with Minnesota Housing, the program offers affordable first-time homebuyer loans through participating lenders in Blue Earth County. A variety of loan programs are for homebuyers, including down payment and closing costs loans up to $18,000.- Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Program: A home improvement program for low to moderate income households who qualify. The program may provide zero interest loans of up to $35,000 per property, no monthly payments, and the loan can be forgiven after 10-years.- Partnership Community Land Trust: In partnership with the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, the program offers a path to homeownership through a community land trust where a new home build or a purchase of an existing one is leased to a low-income household for a small fee. This program makes homeownership affordable by lowering the mortgage, down payment, and closing costs.

The Rochester Area Foundation's First Homes initiative was launched in 1999 as an effort to alleviate a severe housing shortage by creating homes for working families living within a 30-mile radius of Rochester.First Homes assistance is limited to working families earning under 80 percent of the state median income.

Provides education and assistance applying for USDA Home Loan programs- An advisor to assess the household's current situation and determine mortgage readiness, review credit report, and answer home buying questions- Connects households to down payment and closing cost assistance programs, which may include deferred or low-interest loans depending on eligibility- Helps individuals set goals and action plans- Homebuyer education classes and workshops to understand the home-buying process. Classes are virtual.- Financing options through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Home Loans program. The loan assists households in purchasing safe and sanitary housing in rural areas. There is no down payment required and no monthly mortgage insurance payments.- Assists households in identifying housing options and connects them with real estate professionals and other professionals involved in the home purchase. Income qualified households will be determined based on availability of resources for the Partnership Community Land Trust program.- Walk through closing of a home, review real estate documents, and loan disclosure

Home improvement loans for income eligible residents. Can be used for emergency repairs, remodeling, additions, lead abatement, accessibility modifications, and energy improvements. Loans have a sliding scale interest rate of 0 - 8%.First-time home buyers programs for eligible Saint Louis Park purchasers offering low interest loans, down payment, and closing cost assistance. There are income and purchase price limits.

Provides a variety of commercial lending and mortgage loan optionsBusiness/Commercial- Community builder loans- Market tax credit financing loans- Socially and economically disadvantaged business loans- Women in Business: provides information and resources Home Loans- First-time homebuyer loans- Home improvement loans- Home Ownership for Me (HOMe): down-payment loan program- Home refinancing loans- MMCDC and USDA loans with low down payment options

Designed to assist low-income families with their monthly rent payments. Provides for a rent subsidy to be paid to the owner of a rental unit on behalf of the eligible family. Family will pay approximately 30% of its monthly income for rent, and Rice County Housing and Redevelopment Authority will make up the difference to the approved payment standard. Rent is to include maintenance and utility services.Note: Only families eligible to receive Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) assistance are eligible for the homeownership option, must be first-time home buyers, and complete a homeownership counseling program. Call or visit the website for more information.