(WSPA) - If you think buying a home is unattainable, there are programs that can help make a house a lot more affordable.

Now, even renters can get in on the action by reporting on-time payments to boost their credit scores.

7NEWS Here to Help looks into some of the key programs that can pave the way for a clear path to homeownership.

How Jacie Pittman was able to afford her Chesnee home on a teacher's salary has a lot to do with her focus on education. We're talking homeownership assistance programs 101.

"Sometimes those loans can be very finicky in, in requirements. So sometimes it was kind of like piecing together a puzzle," said Pittman.

Pittman's own educator in the world of mortgage assistance was Scott Gragg with Prime Lending in Spartanburg.

"She was able to come to closing w

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