Down payment assistance available for Jefferson County home buyers

Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium in Jefferson will be offering a workshop to assist local residents to understand and master the home buyer process and possibly locate down payment assistance funding to help with the process. This assistance to purchase a home for qualified buyers in Jefferson/Dodge Counties can be up to $20,000 in forgivable loans. This course will teach potential homebuyers how to become successful homeowners and is open to anyone who is considering buying a home. The class is scheduled for July 10, 2024 at the UW Extension/Workforce Development Building, 864 Collins Rd., Jefferson, 5:30 — 9:30 p.m.

This program will assess participants’ readiness to buy a home, assist them with money management and credit issues, give them options for financing a home and what grant options may be available to them, help them select a home, and most, importantly, provide them with critical knowledge for maintaining their new home. The course is tailored to meet the participant’s needs, no matter what phase of home buying process they are in.

RoxAnne Witte of Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium is a HUD Certified Counselor.

“Our goal is to help local families to buy homes and be successful homeowners” said RoxAnne. “The complexity of the home buying process should not be a barrier to families. Our homebuyer education program is the first step and maybe the most important step, which a family can take to achieve the dream of home ownership.”

Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium’s homebuyer education program is designed to be results oriented. Participants will gain a thorough knowledge of the home-buying process while at the same time finding local resources to help them achieve their goal.

Buying a home can be a difficult and stressful process. NeighborWorks® American recognizes that a high-quality and standardized education program is the best way to prepare consumers to buy and own a home. As proof of that, trainers who have been certified through NeighborWorks® American have helped thousands of families to purchase home.

For more information on this program or to register for the seminar, please contact RoxAnne at 920-674-8711 or email roxannew@jeffersoncountywi.gov.