• Arizona governor allocates $5 million for down payment assistance • Single applicants making under $94,000 qualify for assistance in Phoenix • Qualifying buyers must complete a homebuyer education course to receive assistance

Some would-be homeowners in the state’s largest counties could get a helping hand from the state.

Gov. Katie Hobbs has allocated $5 million from the state’s share of federal COVID relief dollars to expand a program started last year that provides down payment assistance to first-time home buyers. That’s enough to provide $9,000 for 75 would-be homeowners in Pima County. The governor’s office said the additional dollars should help to purchase 65 homes in Maricopa County.

All this is in addition to an earlier $13 million program that provided financial assista

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