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Homeowner Assistance Fund

About the Homeowner Assistance Fund

The Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) is a federal relief program established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) is reopening its HAF program to support homeowners who are in jeopardy of foreclosure to keep their homes. 

Homeowners can qualify for a grant of up to $50,000 in mortgage relief funds paid directly to their servicer if they:
  • Are past due on their mortgage by at least 90 days.
  • Have a property in Oregon.
  • Are a primary owner of the property.
  • Are currently occupying the property.
  • Have a household income at or below 150% of the area median income. Check the table below to see if your household income is eligible.
  • Have exhausted all other loss mitigation options.
  • Can attest they experienced a hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Are working with a servicer that has partnered with OHCS.
  • Have a mortgage that meets conforming loan limits.
  • Have a primary mortgage that can be reinstated with a HAF payment.
  • Are not in bankruptcy proceedings.
For homeowners:
In order to access HAF funds, homeowners must: 
  1. Check to make sure your servicer is an approved HAF servicer.
  2. Fill out the HAF Attestation Form. (Reach out to HAF.Homeowners@hcs.oregon.gov if you want a paper copy.)

  3. Once we review your Attestation Form, if you are preliminarily eligible, we will send you an invitation to a secure document portal to submit a Third Party Authorization and documentation of household income. 

  • To access the Third Party Authorization form in English: https://bit.ly/46K7K1x.
  • To access the Third Party Authorization form in Spanish: https://bit.ly/3OH6JAU.
  • Acceptable income documentation includes your most recent tax return; benefit letters; statements or summaries; paystubs within a 45-day period; a W-2, 1099, or other forms as approved by OHCS.
From the date that the homeowner receives the document portal invite, they have 14 days to submit their supporting documentation – the Third Party Authorization form and household income documentation – or the application will be denied. 

For support with this process, OHCS encourages homeowners to work directly with their servicer or a housing counselor. Search a list of housing counselors in your area. 

Once OHCS has received the Attestation Form, Third Party Authorization (TPA), and loan data from your servicer, OHCS will make an eligibility determination. If funds are available and you are eligible for assistance, OHCS will make a payment directly to your servicer on your behalf and notify you of the payment via email.

For Servicers:
  1. Let OHCS know of your intent to participate by filling out this short Servicer Participation form. Using the information provided in the form, we will verify that we have the correct bank information on file and set up a secure way of exchanging information. 
  2. Direct eligible homeowners to the OHCS website to fill out the Attestation Form and the Third Party Authorization (Spanish) (alternatively, homeowners can fill out a TPA or provide verbal consent directly to their servicer).
  3. Submit a common data file (CDF) to OHCS at any time via your secure document portal.

Servicers can reach out to HAF.Records@hcs.oregon.gov with any questions.

HAF area medium income (AMI)

You may be eligible for HAF if your household size is less than 150% of AMI based on the county that you live in. The table below outlines AMI limits by county for participation in HAF. Use the search box to look for your county limits.

Useful Resources

For those who participated in HAF before 2026:

Payoff statements

When a payoff event is happening, an escrow agent or a loan officer can request an official payoff statement by emailing haf.payoffs@hcs.oregon.gov. The Payoffs Department is not available by phone. All email inquiries are processed in the order received. Please allow 72 hours for response time.

Recording fees

The homeowner is responsible for all associated recording fees for removal of the lien once a payoff for the loan has been received prior to the five-year loan forgiveness date.

OHCS will pay the recording fee to release our lien only when we place said lien on the participant’s property in error. OHCS will also be responsible for recording and the recording fee to release the lien when our loans reach the five-year forgiveness period and is forgiven in full.

HAF annual reports 

Need assistance?

OHCS wants to ensure that everyone has access to its information and programs. If you would like this information in a different language, please email Language.Access@hcs.oregon.gov.