Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance is a deferred second loan for homebuyers in Statewide, New Hampshire.
The program asks for
- First-time homebuyer — with exceptions: Exceptions for displaced workers, domestic-violence survivors, recent immigrants, and reentering citizens per Community Loan Fund underwriting guidelines.
- The home is occupied as a primary residence
- On credit: Per first-mortgage product overlays. Community Loan Fund accepts non-traditional credit (rental / utility / cash-only payment history) for borrowers without traditional FICO scores.
- A completed homebuyer education course, through NH Community Loan Fund-affiliated HUD-certified housing counseling agencies: NeighborWorks Southern NH (Manchester area), AHEAD (Northern NH), The Way Home (Manchester / statewide).
- Residency: Property must be located in New Hampshire. Statewide eligibility.
- Citizenship or immigration status: U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or qualifying non-permanent resident with work authorization.
- First-time homebuyer required (or specific Community Loan Fund-approved exception for displaced workers / domestic-violence survivors / recent immigrants). Owner-occupied primary residence. Household income limits per Community Loan Fund underwriting (typically at or below 80%-100% AMI by county, gap-underwritten). Property must be located in New Hampshire. Homebuyer education + 1:1 housing counseling with a Community Loan Fund-affiliated agency required. Successful completion of Community Loan Fund's underwriting (gap-financing model - amount sized to the borrower's actual need, not a fixed cap).
- A home in New Hampshire
These are the program's own published rules, not a decision about any individual — the administering agency and a lender determine who actually qualifies.
Where it applies
New Hampshire’s homesNew Hampshire’s homes, and the ones this program accepts
- 63.3% single-familysingle-family
- 5.5% townhousetownhouse
- 10.5% 2–4 units2–4 units
- 15.5% 5+ unitscondo & apartment buildings (5+ units)
- 5.2% mobile & othermobile home & other
A tick marks a kind of home the program’s record lists. The agency confirms it for the home you choose.
$402,500
New Hampshire median home value
51.5%
built before 1980
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year.
How to apply
How to applyThree steps, in this order
Take a homebuyer education course
Required by the program, through NH Community Loan Fund-affiliated HUD-certified housing counseling agencies: NeighborWorks Southern NH (Manchester area), AHEAD (Northern NH), The Way Home (Manchester / statewide)..
Contact the administering agency to reserve funds
Funds are reserved through Reserved directly with NH Community Loan Fund via housing-counseling intake; subject to gap-underwriting and fund availability., and are subject to availability.
Work with a lender who handles the program
Hey Prescott is not a lender and does not accept applications; this page describes the program so a homebuyer can take it to a lender or housing counselor.
Questions about this program
What is Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance?
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance is a deferred second loan for homebuyers in Statewide, New Hampshire. NH Community Loan Fund's CDFI-funded statewide DPA second-mortgage program. Gap-underwritten case-by-case; below-market interest rate. Targets borrowers outside NH Housing's standard matrix. NH Community Loan Fund's Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance is a statewide subordinate-loan DPA program from New Hampshire's largest CDFI. Provides flexible second-mortgage / DPA financing for low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers, particularly those who do not fit into NH Housing's standard product matrix (e.g., manufactured home buyers outside ROCs, self-employed borrowers, gig-economy households, recent immigrants, and households with non-traditional credit). The program layers a below-market-rate second mortgage (typically 0%-3% interest, deferred or amortizing depending on borrower circumstance) on a partner first mortgage. Loan amounts and terms are gap-underwritten case-by-case. Available statewide. Pairs with NH Housing first mortgages, USDA-RD Section 502, AHEAD Pathways grants, and select community-bank conventional first mortgages. Homebuyer education and 1:1 housing counseling required (provided by Community Loan Fund-affiliated counseling agencies including NeighborWorks Southern NH, AHEAD, and The Way Home). Funding comes from CDFI.
Do you have to pay it back?
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance is deferred, so no payments are due until the home is sold, refinanced, or the first mortgage is paid off. Repayment is triggered by Deferred or amortizing structure depending on borrower and typically 0%-3% interest, deferred until maturity, sale, refinance, or non-owner-occupancy. Specific terms negotiated case-by-case. The assistance is recorded in 2nd Lien position. Forgiveness and repayment terms are set by the program and can change — confirm them on the official program page before applying.
Who qualifies?
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance is open to first-time homebuyers and homebuyers who will live in the home as their primary residence. "First-time" has exceptions here: Exceptions for displaced workers, domestic-violence survivors, recent immigrants, and reentering citizens per Community Loan Fund underwriting guidelines. On credit, the program states: Per first-mortgage product overlays. Community Loan Fund accepts non-traditional credit (rental / utility / cash-only payment history) for borrowers without traditional FICO scores. A homebuyer education course is required, through NH Community Loan Fund-affiliated HUD-certified housing counseling agencies: NeighborWorks Southern NH (Manchester area), AHEAD (Northern NH), The Way Home (Manchester / statewide). Residency requirement: Property must be located in New Hampshire. Statewide eligibility. Citizenship or immigration status: U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or qualifying non-permanent resident with work authorization. First-time homebuyer required (or specific Community Loan Fund-approved exception for displaced workers / domestic-violence survivors / recent immigrants). Owner-occupied primary residence. Household income limits per Community Loan Fund underwriting (typically at or below 80%-100% AMI by county, gap-underwritten). Property must be located in New Hampshire. Homebuyer education + 1:1 housing counseling with a Community Loan Fund-affiliated agency required. Successful completion of Community Loan Fund's underwriting (gap-financing model - amount sized to the borrower's actual need, not a fixed cap).
What are the income limits?
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance sets its income limit as follows: Community Loan Fund Your Turn income limits per case-by-case underwriting; typically at or below 80%-100% AMI by county. The limit applies to total household income, not only the borrower’s. Area median income figures are published by HUD and updated annually, so check the current table for the county before relying on a number.
What kind of home can it be used for?
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance caps the purchase price as follows: Per first-mortgage product limits. Eligible property types include Single-family detached, 2-4 unit owner-occupied, condominium, townhouse, manufactured home on owned land, and manufactured home in a Resident-Owned Community. New construction is eligible. Manufactured homes are eligible.
Is there eligibility for specific groups?
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance names veterans, active-duty service members, reservists and National Guard members, surviving spouses, and homebuyers with disabilities among the groups it serves. Being named here means the program mentions the group, not that membership alone qualifies an applicant — the rest of the eligibility rules still apply.
Where does it apply?
Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance serves homebuyers purchasing in Statewide, New Hampshire.
How do you apply?
Applications for Your Turn Homebuyer Assistance go through the administering agency, which publishes the current terms and the application steps on its own site. Funds are reserved through Reserved directly with NH Community Loan Fund via housing-counseling intake; subject to gap-underwriting and fund availability. Hey Prescott is not a lender and does not accept applications; this page describes the program so a homebuyer can take it to a lender or housing counselor.
Also for New Hampshire homebuyersOther programs open to New Hampshire homebuyers
- Purchase Rehab Mortgage (Home Flex Rehab)Up to $75,000
- Lift Up HomeownershipUp to $50,000
- Equity Builder Program (EBP)Up to $25,000
Whether two programs can be combined is up to each agency. Ask before you apply.
All 76 programs for New HampshireProgram terms are set by the administering agency and can change; confirm on the official site before you apply.