Honor Credit Union is extending a new opportunity to help aspiring homebuyers make their dreams come true.

The HomeBoost Minority Down Payment Assistance Program provides $15,000 in grant funding to qualified first-time home buyers in Indiana and Michigan. The funds can be used toward a down payment, closing costs, or housing counseling costs.

The program is designed to help make homeownership more equitable for first-time home buyers who identify as ethnic minorities, have a household income at or below 120% of the local area median income, and who purchase a primary residence in Michigan or Indiana.

Funding is provided by FHLBank Indianapolis (FHLBI) who designed the program to reduce increasing disparity in homeownership rates between white Americans and Americans of color. In fact, the Black-White homeownership gap (42% vs. 80% respectively) is wider today than it was in 1968 when the Fair Housing Act became law, according to the Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

For would-be homeowners who don’t qualify for HomeBoost, Honor offers several other programs including special loans for rural homebuyers, medical professionals, first responders, and others. Learn more at www.honorcu.com/mortgage.