Freddie Mac and the DuPage Homeownership Center in DuPage County, IL, have announced a partnership program which would enable first-time homebuyers, especially those with modest incomes, to become homeowners. Under the DuPage Homestead Program, families earning up to 80 percent of the county’s median income may make a 3 percent downpayment on a 30-year fixed-rate conventional, conforming mortgage loan.