So you all should check out a couple of links.... Suzy and I have talked about apartments or houses, etc. so we've been skimming around for a bit and have found some sweet grants in MO as well as some other misc. links.
http://www.grants.gov/ - these are all of the government-sponsored grants for all sorts of things. Most notably in Missouri, for your first home (if you qualify), the federal government will pay up to $3000 for a down payment. Awesome!
http://first-time-home-buyer-s.com/first_time_home_buyer_grants.htm - this is a website with all state government-sponsored grants for first home buyers (scroll towards the bottom) as well as a mini-plethora of information.
http://www.hud.gov/local/mo/homeownership/buyingprgms.cfm - this is a collection of miscellaneous cities where you can apply for further home assistance from the government (also towards the bottom of the page). For example, Independence and Joplin will give you up to a further $5000 for your down payment; who doesn't want to live in Joplin?
http://www.govbenefits.gov - this is just a collection of government assistance programs (such as medicaid, heating/cooling assistance, among others) that I ran across that I decided to share with you all. It seemed like a pretty thorough collection...
On top of these grants to help you obtain your first home, it seems that every state also has a First Time Home Buyers Loan with a discounted interest rate. Those of nuestros amigos that are planning on moving to various other locales such as the west coast should definitely look into that avenue.
And furthermore! There is a program by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development entitled the Good Neighbor Next Door Program that is a really sweet deal for any of our friends or family that is a cop, EMT, teacher, or firefighter. You should really familiarize yourself with that because it can pay for 50% of certain qualified houses / mortgages.
It all sounds fantastic so I wanted to share it with all of you.
Oh! And we'll get some more pics up on our photobucket (link goes to our Christmas Vacation album) soon!
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What area are you guys looking at? I've been doing a little searching of my own. What school district does Suzy want to teach in? Besos!
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P.S. We now have a webcam so we can video chat with you guys on Skype! My username is histumness in case you didn't already have it.
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