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Arizona offers various first-time homebuyer programs providing down payment and closing cost assistance, including statewide options like Home Plus and Arizona Is Home, which target rural areas. Local programs in Flagstaff, Maricopa County, Phoenix, and Pima County offer additional aid with specific income, credit, and residency requirements. Federal loans such as FHA, VA, USDA, and specialized mortgages also support first-time buyers with low or no down payments.<\/p>\n

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Arizona offers various first-time homebuyer programs providing down payment and closing cost assistance, including statewide options like Home Plus and Arizona Is Home, which target rural areas. Local programs in Flagstaff, Maricopa County, Phoenix, and Pima County offer additional aid with specific income, credit, and residency requirements. Federal loans such as FHA, VA, USDA, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2yb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9768,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/down-payment-assistance-programs-in-arizona-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":9807,"position":0},"title":"Down Payment Assistance Programs in Arizona 2026","author":"admin","date":"July 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Arizona provides various down payment assistance (DPA) programs statewide and regionally, offering grants, forgivable loans, and tax credits to qualified buyers. 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