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Starting March 16, the state\u2019s public service workers can apply for down payment assistance through SC Housing\u2019s 2026 Palmetto Heroes Program.<\/span><\/p>\n

Public servants like teachers, nurses, police officers and other public safety professionals, and veterans can apply for forgivable $10,000 down payment assistance and low, fixed interest rates through the program. <\/span>Funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eligible applicants can access financing through SC Housing\u2019s First-time Homebuyer Program, which offers stable, low-interest rate mortgages. Since funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis, buyers must have an executed sales contract to secure assistance. Loan rates for the program will be announced March 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

The program offers 30-year mortgage loans through SC Housing\u2019s network of more than 100 lenders statewide and are subject to first-time homebuyer and income qualifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more details on Palmetto Heroes, visit <\/span>schousing.sc.gov<\/span><\/a> or contact SC Housing at 803-896-2211.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The program is offering $10,000 forgivable down payment assistance to public servants like teachers, law enforcement officers and veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":338611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[40312,2],"tags":[2414],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"ppma_author":[23994],"class_list":["post-378370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-affordable-housing","category-news","tag-affordable-housing","cat-40312-id","cat-2-id"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","yoast_head":"\nSC Housing launches program to help public workers with down payments - GREENVILLE JOURNAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Starting March 16, the state\u2019s public service workers can apply for down payment assistance through SC Housing\u2019s 2026 Palmetto Heroes Program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/affordable-housing\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SC Housing launches program to help public workers with down payments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Starting March 16, the state\u2019s public service workers can apply for down payment assistance through SC Housing\u2019s 2026 Palmetto Heroes Program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/affordable-housing\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GREENVILLE JOURNAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T19:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T19:33:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Housing-iStock-157284152-edited.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/affordable-housing\\\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/affordable-housing\\\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/efc944aedab8d2442c07e281e8549c94\"},\"headline\":\"SC Housing launches program to help public workers with down payments\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-09T19:00:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T19:33:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/affordable-housing\\\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/affordable-housing\\\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Housing-iStock-157284152-edited.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"affordable housing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Affordable housing\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/affordable-housing\\\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/affordable-housing\\\/sc-housing-launches-program-to-help-public-servants-with-down-payment-assistance\\\/\",\"name\":\"SC Housing launches program to help public workers with down payments - 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