Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct a reporter’s error with the phone number and also income guidelines to qualify for the program.
The Northern Panhandle Home Consortium again has funding to assist lower-income residents wanting to be first-time homebuyers.
Melissa Thompson, community development specialist for the city of Wheeling, said the consortium has been told it will receive a $305,207 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2021.
Of this amount, $228,000 will be designated for “eligible affordable housing activities,” she said.
This includes the First-Time Homebuyer Program, which provides up to $10,000 for down payment and closing-cost assistance to those considered as having low to moderate incomes living in the Northern Panhandle.