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Buying Your First Home? We Can Help
No down payment? No problem! Call SouthCoast Federal Credit Union! SouthCoast Federal Credit Union together with MassHousing offers qualified buyers a low rate down payment assistance [ read more... ]
First Time Homebuyer Home Program City of Fall River
City of Fall River Community Development Agency
First Time Buyer Home Program
HOME Program
Follow this link to find out how eligible homebuyers can qualify for down payment and closing cost loan assistance .
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The City of New Bedford Has Grant and Loan Funds Available for You!
The City Of New Bedford Department Of Planning, Housing and Community Development
The City has grant and loan funds available for you!
Are you a First Time Home Buyer interested in buying your first home?
Do you need repairs to your home or rental property?
Lead paint in your house or rental property?
Need accessibility modifications to your home?
All households must meet HUD income limits to be eligible for these programs. For more information, please call (508) 979-1500 or visit www.newbedford-ma.gov/planning-housing-community-development.
The City of New Bedford will be holding its next F [ read more... ]
Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
Have you suffered a reduction in income?Are you having difficulties making your mortgage payment on time?Facing Foreclosure?Have you made a late mortgage payment in the last six months?Need help budgeting?
Catholic Social
Services, a
non-profit, Approved Housing Counseling Agency, is
offering assistance to homeowners facing financial difficulties, Avoiding
foreclosure and re-establishing their credit, through Advocating for homeowners
and negotiating Loan Modifications, Re-payment Plans, etc. We also offer financial capability workshops
and one-to-one counseling to all, including homeowners and renters facing
finan [ read more... ]
WPRI 12 Eye Whitness News > Battling Blight: New Bedford restoring historic homes for lower income buyers
By: Shannon Hegy
Diana Pinzon
Posted: May 21, 2018 05:04 PM EDT
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Blighted properties aren’t just eyesores. They pose safety risks, health hazards, and decrease surrounding property values.
But New Bedford has initiated a program that is both trying to rehabilitate and fill vacant homes and preserve the rich history that some of those properties have to offer.
Related: How Providence is Battling Blight »
At first glance, 318 Pleasant St. is the kind of blighted property that’s become all-too-common in cities across the country: forgotten, boarded-up, and left to rot.
That’s ho [ read more... ]
The City has grant and loan funds available for you!
The City of New Bedford Department of Planning, Housing and Community Development
—The City has grant and loan funds available for you!
Are you a First Time Home Buyer interested in buying your first home?
Do you need repairs to your home or rental property?
Lead paint in your house or rental property?
Need accessibility modifications to your home?
All households must meet HUD income limits to be eligible for these programs. For more information, please call (508) 979-1500 or visit www.newbedford-ma.gov/planning-housing-community-development.
The City of New Bedford will be holding its next F [ read more... ]
Happy Holidays!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Fall River / New Bedford Housing Partnership extends best wishes to all for the Holiday Season and upcoming New Year!
Fall River/New Bedford Housing Partnership’s 10 year Celebration
Fall River/New Bedford Housing Partnership’s 10 year Celebration
We had over 100 people in attendance – at Rachel’s Lakeside on Friday October 20th to celebrate 10 years of providing educational services for first time homebuyers, credit counseling and flexible mortgage programs- such as the Buy New Bedford and the Buy Fall River Programs.
Fall River/New Bedford Housing Partnership is comprised of local stakeholders including local lenders, city and state representatives, and social service agencies.
Below is a list of our current partners.
Follow this link for a look back of the past 10 years!
10 Year Celebration! The Fall River/New Bedford Housing Partnership Accomplishments
The Fall River/New Bedford Housing Partnership is honored to be of service to homeowners throughout our community. Below is a review of some of the many accomplishments achieved throughout the past 10 y [ read more... ]
