Home Purchase:
Who Else Can Help?

Home Buying Partners

Acorn Housing
Offers HUD certified first time home buyer education workshops, credit counseling, foreclosure prevention and reverse mortgage counseling and related mortgage help.

African American Alliance for Homeownership
Hosts an annual home buying fair and offers HUD certified first time home buyer education workshops, one-on-one credit counseling, home buyer coaching, Individual Development Accounts (or matched savings plans), down payment assistance programs and referrals to related mortgage assistance programs.

Asian & Pacific Islander Community Improvement Association
Hosts an annual home buying fair and offers first time home buyer education and mortgage assistance programs throughout Portland, Oregon.

The Beehive
Offers on-line home buyer education, related resources and videos to prepare you for home ownership and get you ready to apply for a mortgage loan.

Community Housing Resource Center
Offers CreditSmart® classes, individual home buyer assessments, pre-purchase counseling, credit repair counseling, Reverse Mortgage counseling, foreclosure prevention and referrals to related first time home buyer assistance programs from their office in Vancouver Washington.

Community Vision
Specializes in helping Oregonians with disabilities obtain individualized housing, supported living, employment and home ownership services throughout Oregon.

Hacienda Community Development Corporation
Hosts an annual home buying fair and offers home buyer education and down payment assistance programs.

Home Ownership News You Can Use (Blog)
PDC weblog where home buyers and current homeowners can ask questions, make comments, learn and share their insights about buying a home in Portland, Oregon.

HOST Development, Inc.
Portland’s largest non-profit home builder offering closing cost assistance, energy efficient houses for sale and 10-year property tax abatement on most of their newly constructed homes and condos.

Latino Home Initiative
Sponsors an annual home buying fair and offers home ownership education, down payment assistance grants and mortgage referrals to buy a home of your own in Portland.

Lents Home Ownership Initiative
Hosts an annual home buying fair and helps first time buyers identify local home financing programs and partners to purchase a home in Portland’s Lents Neighborhood.

Native American Youth & Family Center
Hosts an annual home buying fair and offers home buyer education, counseling and access to related mortgage assistance programs and partners.

Operation H.O.M.E.
A broad-based coalition of public and private partners focused on developing resources and strategies to increase the home ownership rates for people of color in Portland, Oregon.

Oregon Housing and Community Services
Home of the Oregon Bond Loan investing in below-market rate mortgages originated by participating lenders and loan officers like the Portland Development Commission.

Portland Community Land Trust
Provides affordable home purchase and mortgage financing opportunities to low-income families in Portland, Oregon utilizing a community land trust model.

Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc.
Provides affordable rental housing and self-sufficiency training to low-income families in north and northeast Portland including home buyer education counseling and access to down payment assistance loan and related mortgage programs.

Portland Habitat for Humanity
Builds, sells, and finances homes for sale to very low income families in Portland.

Portland Housing Center
A HUD-certified housing counseling agency offering regular home buyer education orientations and workshops, financial management education, home buying and credit counseling, matched savings programs, pre-purchase loan document reviews, access to mortgage assistance programs such as down payment and closing cost assistance and first-time home buyer loan programs, and post-purchase education. A NeighborWorks® America Homeownership Center and adopter of the National Industry Standards for Homeownership Education & Counseling.

Portland Maps
Offers detailed property information, maps and related real estate data for homes in Portland, Oregon.

Regional Multiple Listing Service
Offers current listings of houses for sale, search for local real estate agents and a comprehensive view of other real estate for sale in the Portland, Oregon.

Rose Community Development
Hosts an annual home buying fair and offers affordable home for sale to first time buyers and referrals to its home buying partners in the Lents Homeownership Initiative.

Sabin Community Development Corporation
Offers a variety of home buyer and affordable rental housing options including affordable homes for sale utilizing a community land trust model of financing the home purchase.

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