FILE - Rows of homes, are shown in suburban Salt Lake City, on April 13, 2019. Utah is one of two Western states known for rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces that are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth. The boom there and in Idaho are accompanied by healthy economic expansion, but also concern about strain on infrastructure and soaring housing prices. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
June 29, 2023 /Local News

First-Time Utah Homebuyers Can Get Up To $20,000 Toward Purchase

(Salt Lake City, UT) — First-time Utah homebuyers can get up to 20-thousand dollars toward the purchase of a home under a new program that opens this weekend. Homebuyers can apply for the program starting this Saturday, July 1st. The program the Legislature created will fund 25-hundred people buying their first home. To qualify, first-time buyers must secure a loan through an approved lender and buy a newly-built house that doesn’t cost more than 450-thousand dollars. Applications are available on the Utah Housing Corporation website.

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