Down Payment
Program Information
The Family Self Sufficiency program helps you save, on a monthly basis, to get the down payment for a home of your own someday.
The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program is an employment and savings incentive program for low-income families that have Section 8 vouchers or live in public housing. It consists both of case management services that help participants pursue employment and other goals, and of escrow accounts into which the public housing agency (PHA) deposits the increased rental charges that a family pays as its earnings rise. Families that complete the program may withdraw funds from these accounts for any purpose after five years. Contact Community & Family Services at