The City of Chicopee provides first time homebuyer counseling and financial assistance to enable eligible households to purchase their first home.
The maximum assistance amount is $7,500 for purchase of properties within the target neighborhoods of Willimansett, Chicopee Falls and Chicopee Center. For all other neighborhoods, financial assistance cannot exceed $5,000. Assistance is in the form of a deferred payment forgivable loan.
Complete program eligibility is detailed in Section 10 of the application.
Eligible households must be: • First time homebuyers having not owned a home in the past 3 years • Purchasing a modest home that meets federal housing quality standards • Income eligible** when income from all adults in household does not exceed:
Family size of 1 - $43,800 ___ Family size of 2 - $50,050 Family size of 3 - $56,300 ___ Family size of 4 - $62,550 Family size of 5 - $67,600 ___ Family size of 6 - $72,600 Family size of 7 - $77,600 ___ Family size of 8 - $82,600
**Increase in Income Limits as of 2010
For more information, please contact Beverly Barry at Chicopee Neighborhood Development Corporation by email at
or by telephone at (413) 592-8800. You can download and print the application in the Download Application section.
Homebuyer Program 
