Nebraska Homeowner Assistance Fund
The application portal has now closed. Join the waitlist at nebraskahaf.com.
Nebraska's 2022 Strategic Housing Framework
A statewide collaboration to address the affordable housing crisis.
Ag loan limit increase announced
Beginning farmer/rancher loan program sees its largest limit increase in years.
Current rates
| Program Name |
Conventional Loan Rate |
Government Loan Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Military Home | N/A | 6.125%* |
| First Home Targeted | 6.625%* | 6.125%* |
| First Home | 6.875%* | 6.375%* |
| Homebuyer Assistance (HBA) | 7.125%* - 1st loan 1.000%* - 2nd loan |
6.625%* - 1st loan 1.000%* - 2nd loan |
| Welcome Home++ | 7.500%* | 7.000%* |
| Welcome Home Assistance (WHA)++ | 7.750%* - 1st loan 1.000%* - 2nd loan |
7.250%* - 1st loan 1.000%* - 2nd loan |
Last changed 09/08/2023 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 Homeowner Assistance Fund application portal is closed.
Join the waitlist at nebraskahaf.com.
borrowers received a first mortgage under our Homeownership Program totaling almost $7.3 billion thru Dec 2022.
loans for the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Loan Program totaling over $137 million thru Dec 2022.
awarded to 4-H clubs and FFA chapters in 2022.
Rural Workforce Housing funds invested in 2022.
allocated through the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit since inception.
allocated through Nebraska's Affordable Housing Tax Credit since inception.
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