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Home Buyer Assistance

Home buyer Assistance Program (Program Closed)

Non-profit community development organizations and/or for-profit corporations may use funding to acquire, rehabilitate and resell vacant single-family property and under limited circumstances, construct new single-family housing.

Eligible home buyers/applicants’ incomes cannot exceed 80 percent of the area median income base on family size.

The City of Detroit will finance a portion of the total development costs. (pre-development, acquisition, soft costs and rehabilitation or new construction) The per unit total development cost cannot exceed $180,000 for new construction and $140,000 for rehabilitation projects.  (Total development cost is the total cost to acquire and rehabilitate the property which shall not exceed twice the after construction appraised value of the property.)

Zero (0) percent low-interest rate loans may be used to make the units affordable to families with incomes at or below 80 percent of the area median.

Contact Person:  Willie B. Moore, Manager I (313) 224-3461