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Down payment assistance

Buying a home in Central, TN

11 statewide.

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What’s local to Central

No program run for Central or for Lauderdale County alone is listed. A home in Central can use the Tennessee statewide and federal programs below.

The closest city that runs its own program is Memphis, about 54 miles away. City programs usually require the home to be inside that city’s limits.

Income limits in Lauderdale County

How programs here set their income limits

$69,000
County area median income, 4 people (HUD)

See the published limits for Lauderdale County

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Across Tennessee and nationwide

73 statewide & federal programs

Central questions

Does Central have its own down payment program?

No program run for Central alone is listed. A home in Central can use the 11 statewide programs. Each program’s own site has the current terms.

Can I use assistance on a condo in Central?

Each program sets which kinds of homes it accepts. Where the agency publishes them, the program’s page lists them; the agency confirms it for the home you choose.

What is the income limit in Lauderdale County?

Each program sets its own. 13 of the programs here set theirs as a share of HUD’s area median income for Lauderdale County, adjusted for household size. HUD publishes the median each year; the 2026 figure is shown above and on the published limits page.

Where can I take a homebuyer class near Central?

HUD-approved housing counseling agencies teach homebuyer classes. Create a free account and take the 90-second match to see the ones near you.

Sources: agency sites (July 2026), HUD FY2026, HUD counseling list. Hey Prescott is not a lender.