First-time Home Buyers

The average age of a first-time home buyer is now 40, with an average 10% down payment required to purchase a home. Young professionals shouldn’t have to wait until mid-career to start investing equity into a home and to achieve the American Dream as previous generations could. Lauren will work with Tennessee banks to explore expanding loan access and lower down payments for working adults and growing families.

Support Lauren Pinkston for Governor

Lauren Pinkston is running to be Tennessee's next governor, and she needs YOUR help to win!

A 7th-generation Tennessean and the strongest independent candidate in the state's modern political history, Lauren spent 15 years working in anti-trafficking policy around the world before coming home convinced Tennessee was ready for something different.

With no party machinery or built-in donor network behind her, every dollar comes from Tennesseans who chose to show up. 9 in 10 dollars raised has come from right here in Tennessee, from nurses, teachers, farmers, and small business owners done waiting for either party to get it right. Can Lauren count on you to chip in $51 today?

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