Every year, you may claim a dollar-for-dollar reduction of income tax liability on 20 percent of the mortgage interest on your first mortgage, reducing the amount of federal taxes owed.
Borrowers must meet income and purchase price limits, as well as complete a CHFA approved first time homebuyer education class. CHFA FirstStep and CHFA FirstStep Plus loans may be subject to the (CHFA reimbursable) IRS Recapture Tax and may not be used in conjunction with the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) program.
The CHFA HomeOpener Plus program includes the CHFA Second Mortgage Loan to assist with down payment and/or closing costs for a single family property. The programs offers market interest rates.
One of the more popular programs is the FirstHome Mortgage Program for First Time Homebuyers which offer significantly low interest rates and a rather low fixed 30-year mortgage plan.
The California Housing Finance Agency, otherwise known as CalHFA, is an independent, self-supporting agency that was chartered to as the State's affordable housing bank to make low interest rate loans through the sale of tax-exempt bonds; with these bonds being repaid by revenues generated through mortgage loans, instead of taxpayer dollars.
Empowerment Plan is a nonprofit aimed at helping countless homeless people find jobs. To combat the country’s homeless crisis, the Plan hires homeless people and teaches them how to make coats for the homeless suffering on the streets.