While the Home Owner Deferred Purchase program gives you time to improve your financial situation, our goal is for you to get a traditional mortgage at the end of the program. Your income determines your affordability. Our high success rate is partly attributed to our preparedness to accommodate mortgage rule fluctuations. In other words, we are confident that the budget we provide for you is the budget you will qualify for at the end of the program. As a rule of thumb, an annual household income of $90,000 is needed for a $350,000 home