Homeownership: Empowering New Buyers
Recognizes programs that best provide homeownership financing to HFA targeted customers.
Judging Criteria
Homeownership entries will be judged on the degree to which they:
- Are innovative
- Are replicable
- Respond to an important state housing need
- Use data, research, and analysis to demonstrate measurable benefits to HFA targeted customers and underserved markets
- Have a proven track record of success in the marketplace
- Provide benefits that outweigh costs
- Demonstrate effective use of resources
- Effectively employ partnerships
- Achieve strategic objectives
If you have questions, please email awards@ncsha.org or call 202-624-7710.
2018 Winner
Delaware State Housing Authority
Vermont Housing Finance Agency
2018 Entries
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority:
CHFA University: Single-Family Lender Training Conference
Redesigned Lender training using multi-classroom/multi-schedule curriculum to stimulate interest and increase participation.
Delaware State Housing Authority:
Pre-Purchase Financial Coaching
DSHA program helps residents become mortgage-ready with personal financial coaching.
Idaho Housing and Finance Association:
Life-of-Loan Counseling: Finally Home!® First-Time Home Buyer Education
Introducing life-of-loan advisement through Finally Home! First-Time Home Buyer Education.
Illinois Housing Development Authority:
Access Programs
Forgivable, repayable, and deferred down payment assistance options improve consumer choice in a competitive marketplace.
Kentucky Housing Corporation:
Expanding Mortgage Access for Qualified Borrowers with Limited English Proficiency
KHC was ahead of the rest with empowering new buyers within the LEP market.
MaineHousing:
First Things First
First Things First is a redesign of MaineHousing’s landing page that guides first-time home buyers through the process.
MassHousing:
Home Possible Advantage 80
MassHousing’s program offering home buyers closing cost assistance, discounted interest rates, and reduced MI premiums.
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority:
Double-Wide Win for Manufactured Housing
Creative partnership of public and private empowers those choosing to live in Resident-Owned Communities.
Vermont Housing Finance Agency:
Using State Housing Tax Credits to Fund Down Payment Assistance for Emerging Needs
Innovatively funding DPA for first-time home buyers and energy-efficient manufactured homes with state housing credits.
