Wayne County / Wooster CHIP Homeownership Down Payment Assistance Program
Wayne Metropolitan Housing Authority for City of Wooster, City of Orrville, and Wayne County CHIP Partnership
Deferred second loan · Forgiven over 15 yrs · Income limits
Down payment assistance
71 programs a Doylestown buyer could use — grants, forgivable loans, and tax credits. Free to explore, no SSN, no credit pull.
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Wayne Metropolitan Housing Authority for City of Wooster, City of Orrville, and Wayne County CHIP Partnership
Deferred second loan · Forgiven over 15 yrs · Income limits
Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County, Inc.
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (Housing & Community Investment)
Assistance grant · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA)
Mortgage credit certificate · New construction · Income limits
Assistance grant · New construction · Income limits
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 2 yrs · Income limits
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
Deferred second loan · 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 Doylestown
There are no programs run by Doylestown itself. A Doylestown buyer uses Wayne 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 Canton, about 20 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 Wayne County at $89,100 for a four-person household. 11 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 Ohio →
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