Direct Homebuyer Assistance
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 10 yrs · Income limits
Down payment assistance
80 programs a Long Neck buyer could use — grants, forgivable loans, and tax credits. Free to explore, no SSN, no credit pull.
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Programs available
Open to first-time buyers
Forgivable
Largest award
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 10 yrs · Income limits
Sussex County Habitat for Humanity (SCHFH)
Shared-appreciation loan · New construction · Income limits
FHLBank Pittsburgh (Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh)
Assistance grant · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
FHLBank Pittsburgh (Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh)
Assistance grant · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Bank of America, N.A.
Assistance grant · Income limits
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Chase Home Lending)
Assistance grant · Income limits
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA); Program Administrator: Hilltop Securities Inc.
Mortgage credit certificate · Income limits
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA)
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Diamond State Community Land Trust (a NeighborGood Partners affiliate)
Shared-appreciation loan · Income limits
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA)
Deferred second loan · Income limits
M&T Bank (Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company)
Assistance grant · Income limits
Milford Housing Development Corporation (MHDC)
Down-payment assistance · New construction · Income limits
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA)
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA)
Deferred second loan · Income limits
USDA Rural Development – Rural Housing Service (Delaware/Maryland State Office)
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
USDA Rural Development – Rural Housing Service (Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program)
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
Deferred second loan · 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 Long Neck
There are no programs run by Long Neck itself. A Long Neck buyer uses Sussex County’s programs, plus the statewide and federal ones above — all of which are open to them.
The closest city that runs its own program is Dover, about 42 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 Sussex County at $103,200 for a four-person household. 14 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 Delaware →
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