* Homeowner Information
 * Contacting your lender
 -  Contact your lender
 -  Information to have ready
 -  What to do throughout the process
 * Help for homeowners
 -  HUD Certified Housing Counseling Agencies
 -  10 Tips for avoiding foreclosure
 -  Alternatives to foreclosure
 -  Legal resources
 -  Rescue scams
 -  Rebuilding your credit
 * Process and terminology
 -  How foreclosure works
 -  Foreclosure timeline
 -  Foreclosure terminology
 * Rescue scams
 -  How to avoid foreclosure scams
 -  Types of foreclosure rescue scams
 -  Credit repair scams
 * Questions and answers
 -  Typical foreclosure related questions
* Neighborhood Impact
* Housing Assistance
* Additional Resources

Housing Assistance - Purchase Assistance Programs and Affordable Rental Properties

Whether you've lost your home in foreclosure, or the rental property you've called home has been taken in foreclosure, or you’re looking to take advantage of declining prices and purchase your first home, the city of Phoenix has many rental and ownership assistance resources.
 

Need Housing? (Homeownership/Rental)

City homeownership assistance programs

  • American Dream Down payment Initiative (ADDI) - Full $10,000 deferred, no-interest loan toward down payment and closing cost assistance.
  • HOMEStart - Eligible first-time homebuyers can receive up to $40,000 toward the purchase of a home constructed or rehabilitated by city approved not-for-profit profit developers.
  • NSP Homeownership Assistance - $15,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance to help buy a foreclosed single family home, townhouse or condominium in the city of Phoenix.
Whether you decide to utilize one of the City’s assistance programs or not, it is highly recommended that all first-time homebuyers take advantage of the pre-purchase counseling offered by local not-for-profit housing counseling agencies.
 
If you are looking to take advantage of the current market and interested in purchasing your first home, it is important to be familiar with loan terms and be able to identify possible predatory lending practices.
 

Affordable Rental Properties

Rental Housing Concerns - Landlord/Tenant Counseling

Predatory Lending and Housing Discrimination Practices



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