City of Knoxville Down-Payment Assistance Program
City of Knoxville, Housing & Neighborhood Development Department
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
Down payment assistance
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City of Knoxville, Housing & Neighborhood Development Department
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 10 yrs · Income limits
Knoxville's Community Development Corporation (KCDC)
Down-payment assistance · New construction · Income limits
Knoxville Area Habitat for Humanity
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
First mortgage · New construction · Income limits
The Housing Fund, Inc.
Repayable second loan · Income limits
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (via member financial institutions in TN)
Assistance grant · Forgiven over 5 yrs · Income limits
Repayable second loan · New construction · Income limits
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
Repayable second loan · New construction · Income limits
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA)
Second mortgage · Income limits
Forgivable loan · Forgiven over 30 yrs · Income limits
Deferred second loan · New construction · Income limits
The Housing Fund (CDFI)
Shared-appreciation loan · 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 Farragut
There are no programs run by Farragut itself. A Farragut buyer uses Knox 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 Oak Ridge, 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 Knox County at $103,700 for a four-person household. 15 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 Tennessee →
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