In appreciation of the vital services that New Hampshire’s essential frontline workers have been providing during the COVID-19 pandemic, The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority has launched a special initiative to help them become homeowners.

The new “Community Heroes Initiative” provides a $3,000 closing-cost credit to eligible first-time homebuyers who finance through one of the NHHFA’s Plus mortgage programs.

Eligible borrowers include healthcare, daycare and eldercare workers; law enforcement officers, firefighters and first responders; educators; and active members of the armed services. The Community Heroes Initiative provides a $3,000 grant directly to the lender as a closing-cost credit and the borrower is not required to repay this credit. There is a maximum program income limit of $135,300, and funding for this initiative is limited.

“It is our privilege to assist these essential workers who want to become homeowners,” Ignatius MacLellan, managing director of New Hampshire Housing’s Homeownership Division, said in a statement. “These individuals have provided critical services to communities in the Granite State, and they and their families have made many sacrifices during this extraordinary time. New Hampshire Housing is pleased to be able to offer them this special assistance to help them become a homeowner.”

Details about the program and eligibility are at: available at GoNHHousing.com/heroes.