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The Self-Help Loan Pool (SHLP) offers resources for self-help housing organizations, like local Habitat for Humanity affiliates, to increase their home ownership development, help buyers get into their homes and stabilize existing neighborhoods. Through the SHLP, the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) offers permanent mortgage financing that can be combined with the organizations mortgage funds to provide a single, interest-free mortgage loan for the home buyer.

A list of active SHLP members can be found here.

Each home completed in the Self-Help Loan Pool is eligible for a funding package that includes:

To participate, home buyers must have a household income at or below 80 percent of the median income for their county, and must complete eight hours of home buyer education and, if needed, homeownership counseling. The SHLP member can either offer the education or partner with a counseling organization in the community.

Organizations seeking membership in the SHLP and approval of specific homeownership projects should complete a Membership Application. For current program information, review the Self-Help Loan Pool Participation Guidelines.

Once approved, the SHLP member serves as a liaison between N.C. Housing Finance Agency and the home buyer, submitting the buyers loan application and making the loan reservation on a case-by-case basis. The borrower pays back the first mortgage participation loan which is a combination of the NCHFAs financing and the SHLP members funding to the member, who in turn makes monthly payments to the Agency for its share of the participation loan.

For more information about Self-Help Loan Pool and who to contact with questions, please consult the Self-Help Loan Pool Participation Guidelines.

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