Lease-To-Buy: Homeownership Solutions

BHS® offers a Lease-to-Buy Solutions® (LTB®) Homeownership Opportunities for low-to-moderate income individuals with mental illness and other disabling conditions. The Lease-to-Buy Program provides the opportunity to transition from an affordable rental housing program approved renter to an independent and self-sufficient, first-time homeowner. This homeownership solution enables individuals to lease a single-family home for up to two years, demonstrating financial stability and then obtain a mortgage and become a homeowner. To date, thirty-four (34) individuals and their families with mental illness have become homeowners in the BHS®’ Lease-to-Buy housing program.