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Housing Finance Authority of Pinellas County

Your Key to Homeownership

Our Mission
The Housing Finance Authority's mission is to assure that financing for affordable housing remains available to the residents of Pinellas County.

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Your Key to Homeownership!
The Housing Finance Authority of Pinellas County is pleased to announce its 2009/2010 First-Time Homebuyer Program. The new mortgage program could be your key to achieving the American dream. If you have never owned a home, have not owned a home in the past three years or are a Veteran, now is the time to buy. Let Pinellas County help you make your dreams come true with the First-Time Homebuyer Program. Down payment assistance is also available. This is a limited time offer-----call today 727-464- 8210. more

Radio show features consumer scams and foreclosure prevention
This month’s show features the latest consumer scams and foreclosure prevention tips. Guests are Deborah Berry, Operations Manager Pinellas County Consumer Protection and Bill Sanchez, Vice President of the Homebuyers Club from Tampa Bay Community Development Corporation.

The program, sponsored by the Housing Finance Authority, airs the first Thursday of each month from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. on WRXB 1590 AM. If you miss a show, listen at your leisure on-line at HFA Radio Shows. You can also watch on Pinellas County Connection TV — There’s No Place Like Home. If you have a question you’d like us to answer, e-mail: HousingFinanceAuthority@pinellascounty.org.

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Dreaming of owning your own Home?
Get HIP! Become a member of the Homebuyer Information Program (HIP). Sign up today and be the first to receive the latest news and information on: available quality-built affordable single-family homes, townhomes, and condos; mortgage products; down payment and closing assistance programs; homebuyer counseling services, home repair and remodeling programs and much, much more! For more information contact the Pinellas County Community Department at (727) 464-8210 or click here to sign-up now. Your dream of homeownership can become a reality!

Help for New Homebuyers: the Federal Homebuyer Tax Credit
Bolstered by the 2009 Homebuyer Tax Credit, which offers up to an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homeowners, eligible buyers have a newly increased opportunity to achieve homeownership. “Assistance with purchase costs can make all the difference for many attempting to purchase their first home,” said board chairman Rodney S. Fischer of the Pinellas County Housing Finance Authority. For more information on the Homebuyer Tax Credit, click here or go to www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204672,00.html.

Pinellas County Establishes Foreclosure Prevention Website
Following the Oct. 18, 2008 Foreclosure Prevention Workshop in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County launched a new foreclosure prevention website. The workshop was held at the Coliseum and co-sponsored by Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Largo. The foreclosure prevention website features the participating speakers and offers contact information for non-profit participants as well as local agencies that provide counseling in the area of credit and foreclosure. For the website, and more information on foreclosure prevention, go to www.pinellascounty.org/foreclosure.

Not a First Time Homebuyer?

Through our Target Area Loans, HFA offers higher income limits and purchase price limits for homebuyers who purchase a home in one of the HFA target areas.

Homeowners may be able to prevent foreclosure of their homes through our ongoing Foreclosure Prevention program that helps persons nearing the financial edge to regain their footing.

HFA Assists the Rental Housing Community Home ownership is not for everyone. Whether by circumstance or by choice, many residents continue to need rental housing.

HFA Products Can Help Developers Meet Local Needs

This Authority remains passionately dedicated to providing financing that meets the affordable housing needs of this community. Operation Kickstart, offers interest free builder loans to spur construction in targeted areas; developer loans can help fill financing gaps for multifamily projects, and other loans which can be as specialized as a bridge loan to complete a shelter for the homeless. Call (727) 464-8210 for more information.