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First-Time Homebuyer Grant — $2,500, Within Five Years of Separating
A $2,500 state grant toward a first home purchase here, for a veteran who separated within the last five years or is still serving. Owning a home in another state does not disqualify you.
Verified August 22, 2026
What this benefit is
A $2,500 state grant toward a first home purchase here, for a veteran who separated within the last five years or is still serving. Owning a home in another state does not disqualify you.
What it's worth: $2,500 toward the purchase of a first home here
- The grant is a flat $2,500 and is described as one per household — dual military or veteran couples are eligible for one grant only.
- The programme is subject to funding availability based on appropriations, so eligibility is not the same thing as an award.
- No income limit is published on the programme page.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You are a veteran or a current member of the Active Duty, Reserve or Guard.
- The home will be your primary residence.
- Your home is in Utah.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
Deadline: Apply at least ten business days before closing; documents are due five business days before- 1Check the five-year window before anything else. The grant is for a veteran who separated within the last five years, or someone currently serving in the Active Duty, Reserve or Guard.
- 2Do not rule yourself out for owning a home elsewhere. The programme reads first-time buyer as first time in Utah and says owning a home in another state does not disqualify the applicant.
- 3Get the VA Home Loan Certificate of Eligibility — being eligible for one is a stated condition of the grant.
- 4Start the application at least ten business days before closing, and get the required documents to Utah Housing Corporation five business days before. This is the deadline that catches people.
- 5Plan to occupy within 30 days of executing the closing mortgage documents — that occupancy window is a condition, not a guideline.
- 6If you and your spouse both served, apply once. A dual military or veteran couple is eligible for one grant.
- Form
- Grant application submitted through the lender ahead of closing
- File with
- Utah Housing Corporation, with the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionThis grant turns on how recently you served, not on a disability rating. A veteran five years and one day out is outside it; a veteran with no rating at all who separated last year is inside it.
CorrectionFirst-time buyer is read locally. Having owned a home in another state does not disqualify the applicant — the programme page says so in terms.
Worth knowingThe programme page cites no Utah Code section, and the state code site refused the connection this session, so the statutory basis is unread and no citation is claimed here.
Known gapAwards are subject to funding availability based on appropriations. Neither the annual allocation nor how quickly it is exhausted is published.
Sources
- authority · published policyUtah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs — Veteran First-Time Homebuyer Grant (amount, five-year window, out-of-state ownership, timing, occupancy)
- operating · published policyUtah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs — 2026 State & Federal Benefits guide (grant amount and eligibility)
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