New bill offers $20,000 subsidy to foreclosure buyers


New bill offers $20,000 subsidy to foreclosure buyers.   Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce a bill after the August recess that would give homebuyers up to $20,000 for down payment assistance on a previously foreclosed property. Ackerman calls it the Homestead Act 2, modeled after the original law signed by President Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading New bill offers $20,000 subsidy to foreclosure buyers