Northwest Indiana could work with the Fort Wayne Housing Authority on an affordable housing program.

The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s Economy and Place Committee voted Wednesday in support of the Hoosier Homes Homebuyer Assistance Program administered by the Fort Wayne agency.

The program seeks to expand the availability of safe and affordable housing options to qualified borrowers.

The housing authority works to provide competitive mortgage loans through three federal agencies – Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – by offering down payment and closing cost assistance toward the purchase of both new and existing homes.

The NIRPC committee’s support will send the resolution to the full commission.

Heather Presley-Cowen, who has been working

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