VA offers home loans to Active Duty Service members and Veterans. This also applies to National Guard and Reserve members.

Programs:

• Adapted Housing Grants
• Cash Out Refinance Loans
• Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL)
• Native American Direct Loan (NADL) Program
• Purchase Loans

See their website: http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/ for more details.

Please call for more information.

VA has several programs for veterans who are homeless. Call or visit the website to learn more information.

National VA Homeless Hotline: 877.424.3838

Owning a home is a big part of the American Dream. Locate resources through HUD's Florida website to help you buy and maintain your home. You can find HUD homes for sale as well as utility bill assistance. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

This group offers housing programs. These are for military families. There are four different programs. They are designed to help at every stage of their transition into civilian life. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Email: Florida@operationhomefront.org

Programs Available:

This agency helps older adults find a place to live. They have several apartment communities for people who are 62 or older. Each community has someone called a Service Coordinator who can help you get services like food stamps. There are also fun activities planned for people who live there.

To learn more, please call 727.893.1313 ext. 1151 or visit the website.

This group offers the Critical Financial Assistance Program. The program helps military families with grants and not loans. Help is also given in the form of grocery cards. The payments are made directly to service providers. There are eligibility criteria that must be met. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Usual Types of Assistance Are:

Community Development provides assistance to income-eligible buyers. Households must meet certain income requirements.

Please call or visit the website for more information.

This program is to help homeowners pay for repairs to their houses. Any type of home is eligible. Mobile homes are eligible too as long as the land is owned and it was built before June 1994. Properties may be anywhere within the County. The home must be homesteaded and the value cannot exceed $330,000.

Please call or visit the website for more details.

HUD has a list of resources for people in Florida who are looking for help with paying rent. You can search for subsidized housing. Please call or visit the website to learn more.