the leap housing homeownership fund 

Secure Workforce Housing Permanently

LEAP Housing’s Homeownership Fund provides critical funding assistance for income-qualified households across Idaho, ensuring working families, retirees, and essential workers can achieve stable, affordable homeownership.

Our model acts as a community subsidy tied to the home, not the buyer, preserving affordability for future households and recycling every charitable dollar for generations of Idahoans.
At LEAP, housing is a means to an end—not the end itself. Dignified and affordable homeownership creates stability that allows families to invest in education, pursue careers, and build generational wealth.

Increased homeownership opportunities means lives stabilized, communities strengthened, and futures in Idaho made possible.

Progress to Date: Funds have come from 40 unique sources, including major support from Wells Fargo, the Lightfoot Foundation, Optum Health, Washington Trust Bank, the Stueckle Family, Hayden Homes, ICCU, Kennedy Wilson, and countless individuals across the state of Idaho.

Facts To KNow

  1. 4 Homes in Priest river can receive $50,000 toward affordable homeownership

  2. $40,000 is the average subsidy per homeowner in our fund

  3. $58,863 unlocks $172,000 in matching funds from the Idaho Community Foundation

  4. 50 IDaho homeowners are supported by this fund

Campaign Status

The final $58,863 releases $172,000 and opens doors to homewnership for 4 Idaho families

Capital Campaign Status

  • Total Budget: $1,750,000

  • Amount Raised/Pledged: $1,691,137

  • Amount Remaining: $58,863

100% of contributions go toward making homes affordable for Idahoans, with 0% used for operations or fundraising.


Help us reach our $1.75M goal. Your contribution unlocks $172,000 in matching funds and moves us closer to the next $200,000 milestone— turning four more hardworking families’ homeownership dreams into reality in Bonner County at The Village at River View Ridge.

“I’ve been in the market for a house for probably over a decade now. It seemed really out of reach. I thought, ‘Somebody is going to tell me no.’ Nobody at LEAP ended up telling me no, and I ended up buying a house.’”
— Jessica , a resident who became a LEAP board member