Home Ownership

​Buying a home is the biggest investment most of us will make.

Dakota County Financial Empowerment Services is a referral partner of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity to help prepare buyers who may qualify for a Habitat loan. Please call 651-554-5763 to learn more.

More resources

These sites will help you through the process.

• Dakota County and Scott County Community Development Agencies: Connect you with homebuyer programs in the area.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Help to become a homeowner as well as help with other housing-related programs to help you, build, repair, retain or adapt a home for your own personal occupancy.
• African Development Center:  Financing that suits the cultural needs of African immigrants and refugee communities is available to qualified borrowers.
• Office of the Minnesota Attorney General: Don’t be confused by the home-buying process. Prepare yourself with the Home Buyers’ Handbook.
• Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA): Housing services and financial literacy resources for Spanish-speaking residents.