Provides volunteer training and opportunities for adults interested in home rehabilitation.

Rural Housing Repair and Rehabilitation Loans are loans funded directly by the Government. These loans are available to very low-income rural residents who own and occupy a dwelling in need of repairs. Funds are available for repairs to improve or modernize a home, or to remove health and safety hazards. This loan is a 1% loan that may be repaid over a 20-year period.

Provides loans for eligible homeowners in order to maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions. Helps with repairs such as furnace, electrical, plumbing, roof issues, handicap accessibility, windows, and so forth. Assistance will either be in the form of a grant and/or loan (type of assistance depends on what funds are available at the time and what needs to be fixed).

Provides home repairs and rehabilitations for income eligible homeowners. Repairs may include plumbing, electrical, roof, gutters, furnace, ADA modifications, water heater, electric panel and other health and safety needs. The Home Repair Program provides no-cost upgrades and fixes for qualified homeowners. This grant-funded program requires no repayment by the homeowner. The Home Rehabilitation Program offers more extensive repairs and upgrades for homes. Assistance will be in the form of a declining-forgivable loan. There is no monthly payment, and no interest will be charged. No credit check is needed. 100% of the amount borrowed will be forgiven over (5) years provided owner continues to own and occupy the home. NOTE: Funding varies from year to year and might not always be available.

Offers a program for eligible homeowners to receive funding up to $15,000 intended to correct one life and safety issue within the home, which if neglected, could adversely affect the health, safety, and welfare of the occupants.

Provides lead testing of homes. Supplies contractors who make necessary home modifications valued up to $8,000 for income-eligible homeowners or renters to provide a lead-safe environment for children. Loans out a vacuum cleaner equipped to capture lead swept up in the cleaner. Maintains a list of properties that have been abated for lead and made safe.

Provides repair of owner-occupied dwellings for income-eligible households that are mentally or physically disabled or include a disabled family member.

Provides vouchers to seniors to pay for furnace inspection and cleaning.

Offers loans and grants for repair or purchase of homes located in rural areas. Grants and loans may be used for corrections of health and safety issues in the home, including making homes compliant for those with disabilities (ramps, bathroom modification, etc.) and for hooking up to municipal sewer systems (particularly in the wake of changing requirements in communities). Availability may depend on local mortgage credit conditions. Different types of loans are available and some are for specific populations such as older adults, disabled individuals, and farm workers. Grants of up to $7500 are available. Loans available up to $20,000.

Provides grants to assist with home maintenance for specific purposes. $2500 per property available to correct exterior code violations cited by the city's building and housing department. Paint vouchers are available to correct exterior scrape and paint violations. $1500 per property to reduce the cost of a necessary home repair project. $500 is available for eligible homeowners to address immediate health and safety improvements, including bathroom repair, roof repair, accessibility modifications, plumbing repairs and more.

Provides house painting; constructs exterior ramps to the home. Provides tree trimming and maintenance of large trees that may present a hazard on the homeowner's property.

Provides Emergency Home Repair grants and 0%-interest, partially forgivable home rehabilitation loans to homeowners lacking resources to repair and maintain their owned and occupied one-family housing units. Emergency home repair grants generally apply to furnaces and hot water heaters, but may also apply to water/sewage systems, accessibility improvements, and lead-based paint abatement. Rehabilitation Loans may be applied toward non-emergency improvements to substandard housing conditions related to the same areas as well as foundation work, roofs, gutters, electrical upgrades, plumbing, insulation, windows, doors, siding, etc. Emergency Home Repairs are capped at $8,000, and that amount must be able to remedy the situation in full. Rehabilitation Loans are capped at $35,000.

Provides building code repairs such as furnace, plumbing, electrical and roof repairs. The average value of repairs is approximately $3,000.

Provides grants to assist eligible Summit County homeowners with lead control projects. Landlords may be eligible to receive a 75% grant for work to control lead paint. Lead abatement projects can include siding, doors, windows, steps and porches. Note: Can service homes located within the City of Akron.

Provides 0% interest deferred forgivable loans for eligible homeowners for health and safety minor home repairs. Note: Summit County cannot do any minor home repairs to homes within the City of Akron.

Provides a free program for veterans and surviving spouses in need of critical home repairs. This is not an emergency repair program. View website here for full list of available repairs. Common repairs include:

• Plumbing repairs
• Accessibility modifications (grab bars, ramps, etc)
• Water heater replacements
• HVAC repairs
• Alleviation of code violations

This program does not cover cosmetic repairs, full renovations, mold or lead remediation or emergency repairs. Program is for owner-occupied single-family houses and condominiums only. Mobile homes are not eligible.

Government grant established for communities offering low to moderate income households help with their home improvements.

Provides for the immediate correction of an emergency condition that has been determined to present an imminent danger to the health and safety of the occupants of residential property in the City of Columbus. Includes furnace repair, hot water tank repair, plumbing repair (pipes and water lines) and some emergency electric repair. Only the work necessary to correct substandard, unsanitary or deteriorated condition(s) that have been identified by a Code Enforcement Officer or a Program Manager as creating an imminent danger to health and safety of the occupant is eligible. Generally corrected within seven days.

PWC provides urgent and critical home repairs, accessibility modifications and energy conservation services, completed by PWC's professional construction and trades trades staff, which includes carpenters, HVAC technicians, plumbers and electricians. Clients must be low-income (below 50% Area Median Income) and own their home.

CHIP provides grants to eligible communities interested in undertaking housing-related activities, including necessary infrastructure improvements. The grants are awarded competitively and encourage a flexible, community-wide approach to the improvement and provision of affordable housing for low and moderate income individuals and families.

Provides repairs that are necessary to the proper function of the main sewer system which includes the repair/replacement of broken sewer lines, installing Test Tees, snaking or jetting of the sewer.

Provides a loan to qualified homeowners for septic system replacement only. Loan is 0% interest and will be a lien against the property and is to be repaid back at the time of sale of the property. Low monthly payments can be made also.

Licking County Development staff administers a county-wide housing rehabilitation program utilizing State of Ohio Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) and other funds. These funds are available to low- and moderate income homeowners to assist them with making needed repairs to their homes. This program helps to preserve existing housing stock that is considered to be affordable to low- and moderate-income persons.

Provides a home repair service, in the form of free labor, to make critical repairs to homeowners impacted by age, disability, or family circumstances who struggle to maintain their homes. Labor may include painting, landscaping, and minor exterior and interior repair.

Oversee an array of federal and local grant dollars in an effort to improve living conditions for low-to-moderate income residents in the city of Warren. Funds are used to support a range of community development needs, including infrastructure improvement, housing services, economic development assistance, and supportive services.