康涅狄格推出急救人员购房计划：在所服务社区买房最高获2.5万美元首付援助，11月16日开放申请
康涅狄格州州长 Ned Lamont 2026年11月10日在纽黑文县的 North Haven 宣布，州政府推出急救人员购房计划 First Responders' Time to Own，11月16日开放申请，比原定的1月1日提前约45天。康涅狄格州州府是哈特福德县的 Hartford，这项计划面向全州符合条件的警察、消防员和急救人员。
计划的规则很具体：申请人要在岗满2年，在自己所服务的社区购买自住主住宅，可以获得最高25,000美元的首付与过户费用援助，形式是可免除贷款，零利率、没有月供。职业与志愿消防员都在范围内，持证急救人员同样可以申请。
计划由康涅狄格住房金融局（CHFA）和州住房部共同运行，是州公共法案 Public Act 26-12 的一部分。CHFA 总裁 Nandini Natarajan 参与了宣布活动。名额按先到先得发放。
州政府的说法是，急救人员常常因为房价住不进自己服务的社区，这个计划就是冲着这个落差设计的：让警察、消防员和急救人员能住在他们每天出警、救火、救人的地方。
康涅狄格此前已有面向首次购房者的 Time to Own 援助，这次把同一套工具单独开给急救人员，并把申请开放日从年初提前到11月中旬，赶在年底购房季之前。
（来源：康涅狄格州州长办公室）
Connecticut Launches First Responders' Time to Own: Up to $25,000 in Down Payment Help for Buying in the Community Served, Applications Open November 16
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced in North Haven, in New Haven County, on November 10, 2026, that the state will launch the First Responders' Time to Own programme, with applications opening November 16, about 45 days ahead of the originally planned January 1 start. The programme serves eligible police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel statewide; Connecticut's capital is Hartford, in Hartford County.
The terms are specific: applicants must have served at least two years and buy a primary home in the community they serve. They can receive up to $25,000 in forgivable down payment and closing cost assistance at zero interest with no monthly payments. Career and volunteer firefighters are both covered, as are licensed emergency medical personnel.
The programme is run by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) together with the state Department of Housing and forms part of Public Act 26-12. CHFA CEO Nandini Natarajan joined the announcement. Funds are awarded first come, first served.
The state's case is that first responders are often priced out of the communities they serve, and the programme is designed to close that gap, letting police officers, firefighters and medics live where they answer calls.
Connecticut already runs a Time to Own assistance programme for first-time buyers. This version reserves the same tool for first responders and moves the opening to mid-November, ahead of the year-end homebuying season.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Connecticut)
来源：康涅狄格州州长办公室
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