{"id":378968,"date":"2025-11-14T19:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378968\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:09:25","slug":"apply-now-for-homebuyer-assistance-in-tarrant-county-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378968\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now for homebuyer assistance in Tarrant County \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re dreaming of owning a home in Tarrant County, a new program could help make it happen\u2014with up to $50,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingchannel.org\/get-started\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarrant County Homebuyer Assistance Program<\/a> is now accepting applications. But funds are limited, so eligible buyers are encouraged to apply quickly.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The home must be outside the city limits of Fort Worth, Arlington, and Grand Prairie, which have their own programs.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must not have owned a home in the past 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>Household income must be at or below 80% of the area median income.<\/li>\n<li>Liquid assets must be under $25,000.<\/li>\n<li>Buyers must invest at least $1,500 and have two months of mortgage payments in reserve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The assistance comes as a zero-interest deferred loan, forgivable after 10 to 20 years, depending on the affordability period.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must also complete a HUD-certified homebuyer workshop through Housing Channel. The next classes are scheduled for November 19 and December 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingchannel.org\/classes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more details on registering for a course.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for the down payment assistance program, <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/57ab5a96893fc0d6eb45155c\/t\/690a6483e721d817aad71abc\/1762288771198\/TARRANT+COUNTY+HBA+Program+Guidelines+2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;re dreaming of owning a home in Tarrant County, a new program could help make it happen\u2014with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":378969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,7375,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-378968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-tarrant-county","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115549632266761250","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}