Helpful Resources & Links

Here are some additional resources to help you get ready to purchase your first home:

Los Angeles Housing Department - The City of Los Angeles provides down payment assistance for first-time buyers and mortgage and Mortgage Credit Certificaes.  www.lahd.lacity.org

Los Angeles Community Development Commission - The County of Los Angeles provides down payment assistance for first-time home buyer and Mortgage Credit Certificates.  www.lacdc.org

California Housing Finance Agency - The State of California provides low interest rate home loans and other help for low- and moderate-income home buyers  www.calhfa.ca.gov

Go Home LA - This is an information resource site about home buying assistance programs in Los Angeles.  You can learn about government programs, search for homes and even submit an application for pre-qualification on-line.  www.GoHomeLA.com

Department of Housing and Urban Development - This federal agency provides information and financial assistance to first-time home buyers and administers the FHA loan program.  www.HUD.gov

Homebuyer Educations Providers

If you can not attend one of the free, three-hour home buyer education workshops(see Free Workshops link to the left), then you can attend a workshop offered by one of the home buyer education providers listed below.  Please note, these agencies may charge a fee and the course may be longer than three hours.  Also, if you attend one of these courses you must still complete the Indivdual Counseling session required by the HOP program (call 562-696-3200 to schedule an appointment).

Acorn - (213) 484-1475

East LA Community Corporation - (323) 269-4214

Korean Churches for Community Development - (213) 985-1500

LA Neighobrhood Housing Services - (213) 381-2862

New Economics for Women - (213) 483-2060 x 106

Shalom Center - (213) 380-3700

West Angeles Community Development Corporation - (323) 751-3440