The Homeownership and Relocation Services Division of the Department of Housing and Community Development brings affordable home buying opportunities to Fairfax County’s eligible first-time homebuyers. The division’s eight staff members provide homebuyer counseling; host home buying education classes, as well as programs that offer affordably priced homes, mortgage and down payment and closing cost assistance. Their first-time homebuyers program offers affordably priced townhomes and condominiums – both new and resale – to first-time homebuyers.

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