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AZ HB2855

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/28/2026

Primary Sponsor

Walter Blackman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Home Buyer Assistance Program administered by the Arizona Finance Authority to provide low-interest mortgage loans with zero down payment and closing cost assistance options for eligible home buyers.

  • Limits eligibility to individuals continuously employed for the preceding five years as law enforcement officers, firefighters, or teachers (including certificated teachers and instructors at public, charter, accommodation, or private schools).

  • Creates the Home Buyer Assistance Program Fund funded by legislative appropriations, loan repayments, and earned interest, with monies continuously appropriated.

  • Requires purchased homes to be occupied as the buyer's principal residence and prohibits eligible buyers from owning other residential real estate at the time of the loan.

  • Mandates annual reporting by October 1 to legislative leadership and budget offices detailing program revenues, expenditures, activities, and improvement recommendations.

Legislative Description

Home buyer assistance program

Last Action

House read second time

1/29/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/28/2026
Government1/28/2026

Full Bill Text

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