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Mortgage and Housing Counseling

Owning a home is a goal for many; finding and buying an affordable home in Bucks County is not always easy. For families with low to moderate- low income it is even more of a challenge. But home ownership is one of the best long term investments families can make and BCHG is committed to assisting families realize their housing dreams.

BCHG is fully certified as the point of entry for both the Bucks County First-time Homebuyer Program and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP) and NeighborWorks programs. The county program provides no-interest closing cost loans to eligible buyers with incomes below the county median. The state HEMAP program assists homeowners with mortgages in default or in danger of default. BCHG is also Bristol Township’s long-time partner for housing counseling services as part of their first-time homebuyer and foreclosure prevention programs.

A unique Homebuyers Boot Camp program introduces disadvantaged community members to the facts about buying a home and supports them as they save in a support group setting. To date participants have saved $68,038.41 and 14 participants purchased a home.

About Bucks County Housing Group

Bucks County Housing Group is a private, non-profit social service organization which provides a wide range of housing and related social services to homeless and low-income families. Our primary goal is to assist families attain permanent housing and financial security.