Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) Private Enforcement Initiative

The purpose of the program is to develop, implement, carry out, or coordinate programs or activities designed to obtain enforcement of the rights granted by the Fair Housing Act or by substantially equivalent state and local fair housing law. read more

Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program

If you are a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or teacher, this program may help you purchase a home in a HUD-revitalization area by offering qualified purchasers a 50% discount off the list price of homes available...read more

Home Equity Conversion Mortgages

The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program enables older homeowners to withdraw some of the equity in their home in the form of monthly payments for life or a fixed term, or in a lump sum, or through a line of credit. In addition, the HECM...read more

Home Mortgage Insurance for Disaster Victims

This program can help individuals purchase a new home or rebuild their house if they are victimized by a major disaster. While HUD does not lend money directly to buyers to rebuild or purchase, FHA-approved lenders make loans through this special...read more

Hope for Homeowners

This is a new program for people at risk of losing their home due to default and foreclosure. The program provides new, 30-year, fixed rate mortgages that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Homeowners having difficulty paying...read more

Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)

The housing choice voucher program provides assistance to very low-income families to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Housing can include single-family homes, townhouses and apartments and is not limited to units located in subsidized...read more

Housing Counseling Assistance Program

HUD funds housing counseling agencies throughout the country that can give you advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, credit issues and reverse mortgages. read more

Housing Finance Agencies (HFA) Risk Sharing

HUD provides credit enhancement for mortgages for multifamily housing projects whose loans are underwritten, processed, serviced, and disposed of by Housing Finance Agencies (HFA). read more

HUD Homes for Sale

The purpose of the program is to sell the inventory of HUD-acquired properties in a manner that expands home ownership opportunities, which will strengthen neighborhoods and communities. read more

HUD Public Housing Program

Public housing was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single family houses to highrise apartments for elderly families. read more