First-Time Homebuyer Assistance

Financial assistance through the homebuyer grant program of FHLBank Pittsburgh.

Buying your first home? You could get up to $15,000 to help with your down payment and closing costs!
FHLBank Pittsburgh's First Front Door (FFD) program, offered through Brentwood Bank, provides down payment and closing cost assistance to eligible first-time homebuyers. 

If you qualify for FFD, you could be eligible for a maximum grant of $15,000 by contributing a minimum of $1,500 toward down payment and closing costs.* 

Who Qualifies
FFD recipients must be first-time homebuyers and have a household income of no more than 80 percent of your area's median income. You are considered a first-time homebuyer if:
  • You have not owned an eligible property used as your primary residence in the last three years,
  • This also includes if purchasing jointly with other individuals, at least one person has not owned an eligibile property used as a primary residence in the last three years,
  • This also includes any person that has owned an eligible property jointly with another individual and is now independently purchasing an eligible property, or
  • If an investment property is owned, you are not living there and have not owned a single-family, primary residence in the last three years.
2025 FFD funds will be available beginning April 22, 2025.

Talk to a Brentwood Bank lending specialist to review additional FFD requirements.

How to Apply
  • Give us a call at 412-409-9100 x285 to discuss our mortgage process and your FFD eligibility

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* Limited time offer, pending funds availability.