Own Your Own Home

Homebuyer/Homeowner Assistance Programs: There are several programs in the area to help first-time homebuyers and homeowners. Programs include counseling to help people prepare to buy a home. Some programs offer down-payment assistance and low-interest mortgages. Some offer assistance for making modifications to a home to accommodate a disability or to repair or upgrade a house.

Richmond HUD Office

600 East Broad Street, Third Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (800) 842-2610
Fax: (804) 822-4984
TTY: (804) 771-2038

Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity

2281 Dabney Road
Suite A
Richmond, VA 23230-3336
(Tel) 804-232-7001
(Fax) 804-232 7025
Automated Information Line: 804-358-5899

Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA)

Mr. Bill Fuller, Ph.D.
601 South Belvedere Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804) 343-5754

YouthBuild

YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that simultaneously addresses core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. In YouthBuild programs, low-income young people ages 16-24 work toward their GED or high school diploma, learn job skills and serve their communities by building affordable housing, and transform their own lives and roles in society.

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