City-Owned Property Sales:
Offers buying opportunities which focus on community development and owner occupancy.

City-Owned Property List (Updated 3/5/2010)

Property Sales Disclaimer

To view a map of the available properties, please visit:
cityofpoughkeepsie.com/realestate

First Time Home Buyers:
Provides income eligible, first-time home buyer’s down payment and/or closing assistance. Funds of up to $10,000 are offered in the form of a 0% deferred loan, repayable upon sale or transfer of property within the first ten years of ownership and occupancy.

HOME Rehabilitation Grant Program for Low Income Seniors: A program offering qualified, low income senior citizens forgivable grants of up to $5,000 for repairs to owner occupied 1-3 family homes. 

Family Self Sufficiency (FSS):
A program established within the housing agency to promote economic self-sufficiency among participating families.  This program is only open to "eligible families", those families who receive assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.  It offers a financial incentive to families, that becomes available to the families, upon successful completion of the Contract of Participation or upon achievement of certain goals.

HOME Development Loan Program: The goal of this program is to offer gap financing necessary to create new residential rental units and/or owner occupied homeownership  through new construction, rehabilitation of city owned property, mixed use buildings or multi-family dwellings.

For more information about any of the programs listed above, please visit the Forms and Applications portion of this site.

Office Location
City Hall - 2nd Floor
Monday through Friday
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Contact Info
Karen O. Lewis, Director of Property Development
klewis@cityofpoughkeepsie.com
845-451-4170 Office
845-451-4070 Fax