WV Housing Assistance

​​​West Virginia Housing Development Fund
 

The West Virginia Housing Development Fund is a public body corporate, and governmental instrumentality of the State of West Virginia, established to develop and improve housing opportunities for its residents
 

5710 MacCorkle Ave. SE

Charleston, WV 25304

(304) 391-8600 

 

West Virginia Housing Development Fund Programs​

Mountaineer Homeowners Rescue

This is a housing-related program funded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury  to assist West Virginia homeowners facing a financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began after January 21, 2020 (including a hardship that began before January 21, 2020, and continued after that date). The program will provide financial assistance to eligible homeowners for qualified mortgage or housing-related expenses to avoid delinquency, default, foreclosure, loss of utilities or home energy services, and displacement
 

Affordable Housing Fund

This program provides funding for both technical assistance and housing assistance to non-profits and government entities and to encourage stronger partnerships, collaboration and greater involvement of local communities in meeting housing needs in West Virginia

 

Home4Good

This program developed by the Federal Home Loan Bank Pittsburgh and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund to address homelessness

 

The HOME Investment Partnerships Program
 

The primary objective of the HOME program is to expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing, primarily rental housing; to strengthen the abilities of state and local governments to provide housing; to ensure that federal housing services, financing, and other investments are provided to state and local governments in a coordinated, supportive fashion; to expand the capacity of nonprofit community-based housing development organizations; and to leverage private sector participation in financing affordable housing

 

LAMP- Low-Income Assisted Mortgage Program

This program provides Habitat for Humanity organizations in West Virginia a funding source for selling both new and existing single family Habitat mortgages to the Fund to assist in raising funds for constructing additional affordable housing

 

Multifamily Loan Program

This program provides construction and/or permanent financing for new multifamily rental developments or those requiring acquisition and rehabilitation
 

LIHTCP -Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

Generates low-income residential rental units by encouraging private investment through federal tax credits
 

National Housing Trust Fund​

A federal program administered by the Fund to increase and preserve the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing, with primary attention to rental housing for extremely low-income and very low-income households, including homeless families
 

On-Site Septic Systems Loan Program

This program is designed to help eligible households repair or replace on-site septic systems or connect to a public treatment system

 

CDBG-DR Multifamily Rental Housing Program​​​

This program was developed to assist the WV Development Office in administering the multifamily rental portion of the disaster recovery funds they received from HUD following the June 2016 floods and storms​