{"id":381858,"date":"2026-10-24T23:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381858\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T23:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:08:40","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-nyc-homefirst-program-offers-up-to-100k-in-down-payment-assistance-for-first-time-homebuyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381858\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Nyc Homefirst Program Offers Up To 100k In Down Payment Assistance For First Time Homebuyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A homeownership seminar held at Century 21 helped prospective buyers learn about New York City\u2019s HomeFirst Down Payment Assistance Program, which offers qualified first-time homebuyers up to $100,000 toward a down payment or closing costs.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The program is administered by the city&#8217;s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and is designed to make homeownership more accessible across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">To qualify, applicants must meet household income requirements, with a maximum income of 120% of the Area Median Income (AMI). Buyers must also complete an HPD-approved homebuyer education course, work with an approved housing counseling agency and contribute at least 3% of the purchase price from their own funds.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Eligible properties include one- to four-family homes, condominiums and co-ops that will serve as the buyer\u2019s primary residence.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The seminar also gave attendees a chance to learn about the homebuying process, financing options and resources available to help them take the first step toward homeownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homeownership seminar held at Century 21 helped prospective buyers learn about New York City\u2019s HomeFirst Down Payment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-381858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}