This webinar offers training on using HOME funding for homeownership projects. It will feature home purchase projects from several Florida communities. In addition, it will introduce HOP, a down payment assistance program funded in part by federal HOME dollars. The Homeownership Opportunity Pool is a unique and valuable resource offered by Florida Housing Finance Corporation. This program allows housing developers, including self-help such as Habitat for Humanity, or general single-family developers, to reserve purchase assistance funds for approved homebuyers. When the home is completed and ready for purchase, the funds are disbursed in the form of a subordinate mortgage with zero percent interest deferred loan.