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NIFA announces $6.9M in tax credit awards

Funding will help create 383 new affordable rental homes

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Nebraska Emergency Rental Assistance

The ERA program is transitioning to a waitlist.

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Nebraska Strategic Housing Council Dashboard

See how implementation of the Nebraska Strategic Housing Framework is progressing

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Current rates

Program
Name
Conventional
Loan Rate
Government
Loan Rate
Military Home N/A 5.375%*
First Home Targeted 6.000%* 5.375%*
First Home 6.250%* 5.625%*
Homebuyer Assistance (HBA) 6.500%* - 1st loan
1.000%* - 2nd loan
5.875%* - 1st loan
1.000%* - 2nd loan
Welcome Home++ 7.125%* 6.500%*
Welcome Home Assistance (WHA)++ 7.375%* - 1st loan
1.000%* - 2nd loan
6.750%* - 1st loan
1.000%* - 2nd loan

Last changed 12/09/2024 at 9:00 a.m
*This is not an advertisement for credit as defined in Reg.Z; contact a participating NIFA lender for Annual Percentage Rate (APR) information. Rates are subject to change without prior notice. 

++An origination fee up to 0.50% of the loan amount may be charged by Lender.

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Nebraska Emergency Rental Assistance

Income-qualified renter households who experienced a financial hardship during the pandemic may be eligible for assistance with past-due rent and utility payments. Apply today at NebraskaRentHelp.org.

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100248

borrowers received a first mortgage under our Homeownership Program totaling almost $7.8 billion thru Dec 2023.

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1079

loans for the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Loan Program totaling over $141 million thru Dec 2023.

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$33500

awarded to 4-H clubs and FFA chapters in 2023.

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$5.8M

Rural Workforce Housing funds invested in 2023.

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$1.73B

allocated through the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit since inception.

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$276.3M

allocated through Nebraska's Affordable Housing Tax Credit since inception.

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