Mortgage Programs

This grant helps inhabitants of publicly-owned homes and other low-income households to buy publicly-owned accommodation and carry out a range of social and economic measures to help them get ready for home ownership. Entitled scholarship holders: Admitted HOPE candidates shall comprise government agencies, local administrative companies, local councillors, non-profit organisations, co-operative societies and government bodies.

Authorized customers: In this programme, low-income households are addressed as homeowners. Funded activities: The HOPE I grant can be used to finance a variety of home ownership activity that helps occupants of publicly owned homes build the capacity, resource, partnerships they need and policies they need to purchase their homes, including: business case studies, vocational education and vocational schools and other activity that promotes the business self-sufficiency of prospective home buyers.

Providing support to house buyers, which includes interest payments and advance payments. Renovating property. Moving inhabitants who decide to move. Administration expenses, lawyers' expenses, architecture and engineer work. Replacing flats and reserve funds. Advising and educating inhabitants and house buyers. There is no limit to the total amount of an implementing subsidy, although there are specified ceilings on the amount of funding for certain qualifying projects.

Deployment grant typically requires a $1 for $4 matching from non-federal resources. The HOPE I Fund was last allocated in 1994. The programme has 30 implementing and 231 programming grant awards. The HOPE I is approved by the National Affordable Housing Act (P. L. 101-625), which added a new Title III to the U.S. Housing Act of 1937.

Programme Policies have been posted on 24 CFR, Subtitle A, but now the Programme Policies are integrated into every Funding Understanding. For HOPE I track records and other programme information, see the HOPE I Programme Fact Sheet available from Resident Initiatives Clearinghouse, 1-800-955-2232.