Homeownership Assistance: Virginia

Need help buying a home? You may qualify for one of these programs.

Statewide and Regional Programs

Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development's DHCD down payment assistance - combines downpayment and closing cost assistance with a mortgage for first-time homebuyers.

United States Department of Agriculture - homeownership subsidies and grants to income-eligible homebuyers. (804) 287-1598

VHDA Affordable Homeownership Programs

Is a VHDA "Mortgage Mobile" scheduled to visit your community?

Virginia Individual Development Account program

	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Roanoke Regional Loan Center
	Community Housing Partners, Inc.   Christiansburg branch office (540) 382-3002   Richmond branch office (804) 278-9781   Virginia Beach branch office (757) 425-5826   Winchester branch office (540) 662-8960
	Virginia Housing Development Authority (804) 782-1986

Regional and Local Organizations

Hampton Roads Area

	Come Home to Norfolk! (757) 664-4000
	Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (757) 420-8300 For Franklin, Isle of Wight, James City and York counties and cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg
	Center for Community Development (757) 399-0925
	Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority (757) 727-6337
	Housing Partners Inc. (757) 890-3300
	Newport News Redevelopment & Housing Authority (757) 928-2620
	Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority (757) 533-4622
	Suffolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority (757) 539-2100
	Virginia Beach Department of Housing & Neighborhood Preservation (757) 426-5750
	Williamsburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority (757) 220-3477
	Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation (757) 463-9516
	James City County Office of Housing (757) 258-5022
	Friends of the Homeless (757) 928-0116
	Chesapeake Redevelopment & Housing Authority (757) 423-0401
	Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority (757) 399-5261
	York County Office of Housing (757) 890-3300
	Peninsula Community Development Corporation/ Newport News Office of Human Affairs (757) 247-0329, ext. 332
	Partnership for Downpayment Assistance (serving Suffolk County) (804) 228-4838

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Southwest Virginia Area

	Wise County Redevelopment and Housing Authority - (276) 395-6104
	Wytheville Redevelopment and Housing Authority
	Bristol Redevelopment & Housing Find-a-Way Program
	Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprise Serves Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Highland, Lee, Montgomery, Rockbridge, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and Wythe counties.
	People Incorporated of Southwest Virginia (434) 623-9000
	Helping Overcome Poverty's Existence, Inc. (HOPE) (276) 228-6280
	Giles County Housing Development Corporation (540) 921-2001
	Appalachia Service Project (276) 346-3377
	Dungannon Development Corporation (276) 467-2655
	Alleghany Highlands Housing Alliance (540) 962-1000 Serves Alleghany County and cities of Covington and Clifton Forge.
	Project Crossroads (276) 782-3339 Serves Smyth, Washington and Wythe counties
	Rural Areas Development Association, Inc. (276) 386-6441 Serving Lee, Scott and Wise counties.

Middle Peninsula & Northern Neck Area

Scenario, Inc. (804) 769-1492 For Essex, Gloucester, Goochland, King & Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, and Northumberland counties.

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Eastern Shore

	Accomack-Northampton Planning District Council
	Virginia Eastern Shore Economic Empowerment and Housing Corporation, (757) 442-4509

Shenandoah Valley Area

	Staunton Redevelopment and Housing Authority
	Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (540) 885-5174 For Augusta County and the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro Harrisonburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority (540) 434-7386Waynesboro Redevelopment & Housing Authority (540) 946-9230
	Hope Community Builders (540) 433-0152

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Northern Shenandoah Valley

	Sherwood Associates, Inc. (703) 777-8322
	Blue Ridge Housing Network (540) 622-2711 For Clark, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah counties and city of Winchester
	City of Winchester, Office of Housing & Neighborhood Development (540) 535-2886

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Northern Virginia Suburbs

	Northern Virginia Regional Commission Michelle Simmons , (703) 642-0700
	Arlington Housing Corporation
	City of Falls Church Office of Housing (703) 248-5005
	Loudoun County Office of Housing Services (703) 777-0389
	Prince William County Office of Housing (703) 792-7531
	Arlington County Housing Division 703/228-3760
	Fairfax Redevelopment & Housing Authority (703) 246-5105
	Manassas Housing Trust Fund, Inc. (540) 341-0280

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Fredericksburg Area

	Fauquier Housing Corporation
	Central Virginia Housing Coalition (540) 373-5372 For Caroline, King George, Rockingham, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties and the city of Fredericksburg
	Virginia Housing Coalition

Fauquier Housing Corporation (540) 341-2805 For Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison and Orange counties.

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Petersburg Area

	Petersburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority (804) 733-2200 For Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry and Sussex counties and the cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, and Petersburg
	Pathways (804) 962-1104

Richmond Area

	Virginia Supportive Housing (804) 788-6825
	City of Richmond (804) 646-6310
	Local Initiatives Support Corporation (804) 644-0548 For Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico and Powhatan and the city of Richmond.
	Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority (804) 780-4200
	Richmond.Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods, Inc.
	Better Housing Coalition, Inc. (804) 644-0546
	NeighborWorks Resource Group Richmond (804) 329-2500
	Southside Community Development & Housing Corporation (804) 231-4449
	Vision Integration Services (804) 228-4838 Serves Richmond metropolitan area
	Partnership for Workforce Homes (804) 522-5009
	Elder Homes (804) 233-2827
	Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. (H.O.M.E.) (804) 354-0641

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Roanoke Valley Area

	Blue Ridge Housing Development Corporation (540) 777-2777 For Roanoke and Salem
	Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority (540) 983-9281
	Total Action Against Poverty, Inc. (540) 345-6781
	Northwest Neighborhood Environmental Organizations, Inc. (540) 343-5674
	Roanoke Department of Housing and Neighborhood Services (540) 853-2344
	Town of Blacksburg Housing & Community Development (540) 951-4336
	City of Roanoke Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services

Lynchburg Area

Lynchburg Neighborhood Development Foundation (434) 846-6964 For Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell and Lynchburg.

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Charlottesville Area

	Piedmont Housing Alliance (434) 817-2436 For Albemarle, Fluvanna, Green, Louisa and Nelson counties and Charlottesville
	Albemarle County Office of Housing (434) 296-5839
	Albemarle Housing Improvement Program (434) 817-2447
	Fluvanna/Louisa Housing Foundation (540) 967-3483
	Nelson County Development Foundation (434) 263-8074
	CAAR Workforce Housing Fund

Danville Area

	Telamon Corporation (434) 656-8357 For Brunswick, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenberg, Patrick, Pittsylvania and cities of Danville and Martinsville
	Danville Office of Housing and Community Development
	Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority (434) 793-1222
	Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (276) 656-5100
	Pittsylvania Community Action, Inc. (434) 432-8250
	Southside Outreach Group (434) 572-9556 Serve Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and Pittsylvania counties and Martinsville and South Boston.

Many communities support local home repair programs using money from HUD. Ask the contacts in your community if they support any home repair programs in your area.

	Community Development Block Grant Contacts
	HOME investment Partnership Contacts