Greater Circle Living Home Purchasing Program (HPP)
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation (Greater Circle Living)
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
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Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation (Greater Circle Living)
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Believe Mortgage (CHN Housing Partners)
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Believe Mortgage (CHN Housing Partners)
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
CHN Housing Capital (CHN Housing Partners) on behalf of the City of Cleveland
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
City of Lakewood, Division of Community Development
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
City of Cleveland Heights Housing Preservation Office (facilitated by Home Repair Resource Center)
Deferred second loan · Income limits
Euclid Development Corporation (EDCOR)
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Euclid Development Corporation (EDCOR)
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
CHN Housing Partners
Down-payment assistance · New construction · Income limits
Deferred second loan · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity
Down-payment assistance · 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 Solon
There are no programs run by Solon itself. A Solon buyer uses Cuyahoga 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 Cleveland Heights, about 11 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 Cuyahoga County at $105,000 for a four-person household. 17 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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