RCLF Alabama Down Payment Assistance Program
Renaissance Community Loan Fund (RCLF)
Forgivable loan · Income limits
Down payment assistance
71 programs a Brook Highland buyer could use — grants, forgivable loans, and tax credits. Free to explore, no SSN, no credit pull.
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Renaissance Community Loan Fund (RCLF)
Forgivable loan · Income limits
Alabama Housing Finance Authority (AHFA)
Mortgage credit certificate · Income limits
Assistance grant · New construction · Income limits
Hope Credit Union (Hope Enterprise Corporation)
First mortgage · Income limits
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Native American Programs (ONAP)
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
USDA Rural Development - Alabama (Rural Housing Service)
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
Assistance grant · New construction · Income limits
Assistance grant · New construction · Income limits
USDA Rural Development, Alabama State Office
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
First mortgage
Assistance grant · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Assistance grant
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · New construction
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · New construction · Income limits
Assistance grant
Deferred second loan · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Assistance grant
Assistance grant
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Shared-appreciation loan · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant
Assistance grant · New construction · Income limits
Assistance grant
Assistance grant
Assistance grant · Forgiven over 3 yrs · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
First mortgage · Income limits
Assistance grant · Income limits
What’s local to Brook Highland
There are no programs run by Brook Highland or by Shelby County. A Brook Highland buyer uses Alabama statewide and federal programs, which are the ones listed above.
The closest city that runs its own program is Birmingham, about 9 miles away. City programs usually require the home to be inside that city’s limits — worth checking if you’re still choosing where to buy.
HUD puts the 2026 area median income for Shelby County at $104,100 for a four-person household. 13 of the programs listed here set an income limit as a percentage of that figure, which is why the same program admits a different income in a different county. Published limits for Alabama →
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