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Baltimore Homeownership Incentive Program (B-HIP)

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Multiple assistance options Multiple repayment paths 2026-04-23
Agency Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development
Support type Multiple assistance options
Amount highlight Current Baltimore City materials describe a menu of assistance paths rather than one single benefit: the city employee path is listed as $5,000 or $10,000 on the current city page but only $5,000 on the 2026 flyer, Buying Into Baltimore is $5,000, Live Near Your Work totals $2,000 to $5,000+ depending on the employer match, FTHIP combines 50% of required down payment plus GAP funding and up to 2.5% in interest-rate-bydown-related assistance with a possible $5,000 bonus, and Vacants to Value Booster is $10,000.
Last verified 2026-04-23

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Source note: No new umbrella-level conflict appeared by 2026-04-23. The menu page remains current, while the employee subpath still has an amount conflict between the city page and flyer and the FTHIP subpath still has a formula wording conflict across the city page, calculator, flyer, and 2025 PDF.

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Amount

Current Baltimore City materials describe a menu of assistance paths rather than one single benefit: the city employee path is listed as $5,000 or $10,000 on the current city page but only $5,000 on the 2026 flyer, Buying Into Baltimore is $5,000, Live Near Your Work totals $2,000 to $5,000+ depending on the employer match, FTHIP combines 50% of required down payment plus GAP funding and up to 2.5% in interest-rate-bydown-related assistance with a possible $5,000 bonus, and Vacants to Value Booster is $10,000.

Type

Multiple assistance options

Repayment

Current Baltimore City materials state that all city homeownership incentives in this menu are provided as five-year forgivable loans except Live Near Your Work, which is offered as a grant. Each subprogram keeps its own detailed qualifying rules, amounts, and trigger conditions.

First-time buyer

Unknown

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Who qualifies?

Baltimore City homebuyers, First-time homebuyers at or below 80% of AMI for the First-Time Homebuyers Incentive Program path, Baltimore City and quasi-City employees for the employee incentive path, Homebuyers using participating employer matches for the Live Near Your Work path

What support do you get?

Current Baltimore City materials describe a menu of assistance paths rather than one single benefit: the city employee path is listed as $5,000 or $10,000 on the current city page but only $5,000 on the 2026 flyer, Buying Into Baltimore is $5,000, Live Near Your Work totals $2,000 to $5,000+ depending on the employer match, FTHIP combines 50% of required down payment plus GAP funding and up to 2.5% in interest-rate-bydown-related assistance with a possible $5,000 bonus, and Vacants to Value Booster is $10,000.

Do you repay it?

Current Baltimore City materials state that all city homeownership incentives in this menu are provided as five-year forgivable loans except Live Near Your Work, which is offered as a grant. Each subprogram keeps its own detailed qualifying rules, amounts, and trigger conditions.

How do you apply?

Complete city-approved homebuyer education within one year before making an offer, contribute at least $1,000 of your own funds, then apply through the Baltimore Neighborly applicant portal. The city page still presents B-HIP as a menu with shared entry rules and subprogram-specific underwriting handled inside the same incentive system.

Application timing

Baltimore City says incentives are first-come, first-served; applicants use the Neighborly portal, should set settlement at least 30 days after application submission, and approved checks usually take 10 to 15 business days to be issued.

Official source evidence

The current Baltimore City page and 2026 flyer keep B-HIP live as a menu of city incentives rather than one single benefit. The official page also includes a remaining-incentive table dated as of 2026-04-20, while the employee and FTHIP subpaths still carry their own amount and formula caveats.

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2026-04-23

Current city page checked 2026-04-23; B-HIP flyer dated 2026-01-15

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Baltimore Homeownership Incentive Program (B-HIP)

Amount: Current Baltimore City materials describe a menu of assistance paths rather than one single benefit: the city employee path is listed as $5,000 or $10,000 on the current city page but only $5,000 on the 2026 flyer, Buying Into Baltimore is $5,000, Live Near Your Work totals $2,000 to $5,000+ depending on the employer match, FTHIP combines 50% of required down payment plus GAP funding and up to 2.5% in interest-rate-bydown-related assistance with a possible $5,000 bonus, and Vacants to Value Booster is $10,000.

Repayment: Current Baltimore City materials state that all city homeownership incentives in this menu are provided as five-year forgivable loans except Live Near Your Work, which is offered as a grant. Each subprogram keeps its own detailed qualifying rules, amounts, and trigger conditions.

First-time buyer: Unknown

Timing: Baltimore City says incentives are first-come, first-served; applicants use the Neighborly portal, should set settlement at least 30 days after application submission, and approved checks usually take 10 to 15 business days to be issued.

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