The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority has launched an initiative to help essential frontline workers become homeowners.

The new Community Heroes Initiative provides a $3,000 closing-cost credit to eligible first-time homebuyers who finance through one of New Hampshire Housingโ€™s Plus mortgage programs. Eligible borrowers include healthcare, daycare and eldercare workers; law enforcement officers, firefighters and first responders; educators; and active members of the armed services.

The initiativeโ€™s $3,000 grant goes directly to the lender as a closing-cost credit, and the borrower is not required to repay this credit, the agency said. There is a maximum program income limit of $135,300, and funding for the initiative is limited.

โ€œIt is our privilege to assist these essential workers who want to become homeowners,โ€ said Ignatius MacLellan, managing director of New Hampshire Housingโ€™s Homeownership Division. โ€œThese individuals have provided critical services to communities in the Granite State, and they and their families have made many sacrifices during this extraordinary time.โ€

Details about the program and eligibility are at: GoNHHousing.com/Heroes.

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