Housing Resources
The 2016 Gage County Housing Study pointed to demand for both home ownership and rentals in our area. Especially with a tight rental market, some individuals and families could be in the market to buy if they only knew about the various programs available that can assist them in acquiring a home.
Here is a quick list of resources that can help individuals and families in buying a home. Some of these programs are focused on the first time home buyer and most are tied to specific family income criteria to assist when personal financial qualifications for a conventional loan won’t fit.
The Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA)
The Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA) offers single family homeownership assistance for first time home buyers (someone who has not had an ownership interest in a principal residence in the past three years), active military and/or qualified veterans. Homebuyers must be at or below maximum income limits and purchase price limits (in non-targeted areas, home cannot exceed $225,000 purchase price). For a 1 – 2...
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides Direct Home Ownership Loans and works with approved lenders by issuing a guarantee on a home mortgage loan. The USDA Direct Home Ownership Loan follows income limits, requires acceptable credit history with adequate repayment ability and the borrower must show they are unable to acquire conventional credit for their home purchase. Homes must be of modest size. ...
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Blue Valley Community Action Partnership (BVCA)
Blue Valley Community Action Partnership (BVCA) serves several counties in southeast Nebraska with housing assistance programs. The BVCA Partnership has funds to assist income eligible applicants to purchase homes in their service area including Gage County. The Homeownership Opportunity Program is funded by a grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. These funds assist with closing costs, down payment assistance and rehabilitation of existing...
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BVCA Housing Department Programs Flyer 2016
CROWN utilizes the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program through the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority as one financing tool. Other sources of financing may be HOME funds, Affordable Housing Trust funds, Federal Home Loan Bank funds, local government grants and loans, and traditional development financing sources.
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Housing Action Plan Handout
The greatest challenge for Gage County, during the next five years, will be to develop housing units for low- to moderate-income families, the elderly and special population households, with attention given to workforce households. Overall, Gage County should build 446 new units; 283 owner units and 163 rental units, by 2021.
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RFP Downtown Housing
Gage Area Growth Enterprise (NGage) along with its community partners, is seeking proposals from interested, qualified housing Developer(s) to develop owner and/or rental housing units in Downtown Beatrice, Nebraska, as an important component to the Beatrice Downtown Housing Initiative. The development project will highlight the rehabilitation of multi-story commercial buildings for residential occupation.
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RFP Elderly Rental Housing
Gage Area Growth Enterprise (NGage) along with its community partners, is seeking proposals from interested, qualified housing Developer(s) to develop a 52-unit, Elderly Housing Program in the Communities of Adams, Beatrice Cortland and Wymore, Nebraska, as an important component to Gage County’s Continuum of (Housing) Residential Program.
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RFP Rent-to-Own Housing
Gage Area Growth Enterprise (NGage), along with its community partners, is seeking proposals from interested, qualified housing Developer(s) to develop a 21-unit, Credit-To-Own (CROWN) Rental Housing Program in the Communities of Adams, Beatrice Cortland and Wymore, Nebraska, as an important component to the Gage County Workforce Housing Initiative.
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RFP Single Family Housing
Gage Area Growth Enterprise (NGage) is seeking proposals from interested, qualified housing Developer(s) to develop single family housing units in Beatrice, Nebraska, as an important component to the Gage County Workforce Housing Initiative.
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