{"id":16114,"date":"2011-10-05T02:01:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=16114"},"modified":"2011-10-05T02:53:02","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T07:53:02","slug":"interested-in-becoming-a-homeowner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/interested-in-becoming-a-homeowner\/","title":{"rendered":"Interested in becoming a Homeowner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Interested in becoming a Homeowner?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Could you use $15,000?<\/p>\n<p>Funds are available for homebuyers with disabilities and families with an<br \/>\nimmediate family member with a disability.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Home Of Your Own (HOYO) program<\/p>\n<p>HOYO works one-on-one with people with disabilities, helping them become<br \/>\nhomeowners. Eligible households can quality for $15,000 in DOWN PAYMENT and<br \/>\nCLOSING COSTS assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility criteria:<\/p>\n<p>* Must be a person with a disability or have a family member with a<br \/>\ndisability.<br \/>\n* Must purchase a home in Blanco, Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis or<br \/>\nWilliamson counties.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in becoming a homeowner in the Houston area?<\/p>\n<p>Interested in becoming a homeowner in the Dallas\/Ft Worth area?<\/p>\n<p>FAQ<\/p>\n<p>* Household must meet low income guidelines.<br \/>\n* Must attend a HOYO orientation and homebuyer counseling classes<br \/>\n* Must be able to qualify for a mortgage loan.<br \/>\n* Must be a first time home buyer, or not have owned a home in the last (3)<br \/>\nyears.<br \/>\n* Home must meet minimum habitability standards.<\/p>\n<p>1016 La Posada, # 145<br \/>\nAustin, Texas 78752<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/centraltx.easterseals.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/centraltx.easterseals.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Funds are limited!@ Contact us Today!<\/p>\n<p>512-472-9195<\/p>\n<p>HOYO is also available in the following areas:<br \/>\nHouston (Harris, Montgomery and Fort Bend Counties)<br \/>\nDallas\/Ft Worth (Dallas, Johnson, Parker and Tarrant Counties)<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/texashoyo.accesstexashousing.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/texashoyo.accesstexashousing.org\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in becoming a Homeowner? Could you use $15,000? Funds are available for homebuyers with disabilities and families with an immediate family member with a disability. Texas Home Of Your Own (HOYO) program HOYO works one-on-one with people with disabilities,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/interested-in-becoming-a-homeowner\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,11135,24388,637,11136,976,201,2799,20,11133,7582,17,11134],"class_list":["post-16114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-austin","tag-closing-costs-assistance","tag-dfw","tag-disability","tag-down-payment","tag-easter-seals","tag-family","tag-homeowner","tag-houston","tag-hoyo","tag-low-income","tag-texas","tag-texas-home-of-your-own"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-4bU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36212,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/09\/06\/federal-disability-job-opportunities-in-texas-fema\/","url_meta":{"origin":16114,"position":0},"title":"Federal Disability Job Opportunities in Texas &#8211; FEMA","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"September 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Federal Disability Job Opportunities in Texas ANNOUNCING FEMA DISABILITY INTEGRATION LOCAL HIRE POSITIONS FEMA\u2019s Disability Integration section is now accepting applications for several positions in support of disaster response and recovery efforts in Texas following Hurricane Harvey. 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