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A program that helps homeowners with limited resources complete necessary home improvements. Program will provide qualified homeowners with the materials and labor needed to repair their homes. Sweat Equity hours are asked of the home owners when repairs are being made. A one-time service fee will be assessed, and some repayment is required for major repair projects.

Income Guidelines for Residents of Linn County (Varies annually; call for current guidleines)
Family Size Minimum Income (30%) Maximum Income (80%)
1 $18,800 $50,050
2 $21,450 $57,200
3 $24,150 $64,350
4 $27,750 $71,500
5 $31,040 $77,250
6 $37,190 $82,950
7 $40,120 $88,700
8 $46,630 $94,400

Income Guidelines for Residents of Benton County (Varies annually; call for current guidleines)
Family Size Minimum Income (30%) Maximum Income (80%)
1 $18,900 $50,400
2 $21,600 $57,600
3 $24,300 $64,800
4 $27,750 $72,000
5 $32,470 $77,800
6 $37,190 $83,550
7 $41,910 $89,300
8 $46,630 $95,050
Loan provider in rural areas.

Business and Industry Loan Guarantees are available for business and industrial development in rural areas to create and maintain employment, expand and to improve economic climate.

Community Facilities Direct and Guaranteed Loans and Grants are available for community service facilities in rural areas such as libraries, clinics, fire and rescue buildings and equipment, etc.

Cooperative Services helps rural residents form new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improve operations of existing cooperatives in rural areas.

Direct and Guaranteed Home Ownership provides loans to purchase or construct single family homes in rural areas for very low/low/moderate income households.

Direct Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants provide housing and related facilities in rural areas for domestic farm laborers.

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants provide for technology equipment and facilities for linking rural schools within regions, linking schools to other educational institutions, utilizing rural libraries as distance learning centers, linking rural hospitals and medical clinics to major medical centers, interactive video, and distance rural health training.

Energy Efficiency Improvements and Renewable Energy Systems provide grant assistance in development of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement projects. Renewable systems include wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. Energy efficiency improvements include energy improvements to business facility including insulation, windows, doors, HVAC, refrigeration, lighting, pumping/air/motor systems, etc.

Housing Preservation Grants offers funding to selected recipient organization to develop program to help repair individual housing, rental properties or coops in rural areas owned and/or occupied by very low and low-income households.

Intermediary Re-Lending Program provides loans to ultimate recipients for community development projects, establishment and expansion of businesses, and creating and/or saving jobs in rural areas.

Rural Cooperative Development Grants establish and operate cooperative development centers in rural areas primarily to improve economic conditions of rural areas via development of new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improving existing co-ops' operations.

Rural Business Development Grants are competitive grants designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues.

Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants provide for a wide range of rural economic development projects in rural areas such as business expansion and start-up, community development, etc.

Rural Home Repair Loans and Grants assist homeowners, occupying dwellings in rural areas, to complete necessary repairs to their homes.

Rural Housing Site Loans provide loans in rural areas to purchase land and develop sites for very low/low/moderate-income housing.

Solid Waste Management Grants are used to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.

Technical Assistance and Training Grants are used to identify and evaluate solutions to water and wastewater problems of associations in rural areas relating to water source, storage, treatment and distribution; and waste collection, treatment and disposal.

Value-Added Producer Grants help eligible producers of agricultural commodities in rural areas to develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities and develop strategies to create marketing opportunities in emerging markets.

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Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Low Cost for Sale Homes/Housing Units
Business Financing
Owning a home can bring safety, stability, and comfort, but repairs can be costly.
We understand that pulling together the cash for a major repair may not be possible for all homeowners. Our Home Preservation Program makes repairs affordable for low-income homeowners, allowing them to get work done now and pay for it later - sometimes years down the line.

Homeowners are invited to apply for the program and are accepted based on their household income and assessed home value.

Repair services fall under four distinct categories:
- Exterior Repairs (such as roofs and siding)
- Critical Home Repair (such as furnaces and water heaters)
- Weatherization (such as windows and insulation)
- Accessibility (such as ramps, grab bars, and bath modifications)

Minor repairs inside home, minor modifications for those within Omaha city limits. (Anything not structural)

Services may include:
-- Installing handrails, door locks, and wide-range viewers
-- Building wheelchair ramps (depends on slope and grade of property, property lines)
-- Minor plumbing repairs - no electrical services
-- Installing window locks
-- Repairing screen and storm windows and doors
-- Interior painting in winter or during bad weather
-- Minor weather stripping and caulking
-- Changing furnace filter, if filter provided
-- Minor plaster or drywall repair
-- Installing smoke detectors
-- Stairway repair

Services

Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Home Rehabilitation Programs

Offers affordable loans to individuals with disabilities and seniors to help acquisition of assistive technology, home repairs relating to health and safety (not home improvements to increase the value of the home), service animals, and employment tools. Also offers if qualified a forgivable loan for assistive technology. Offer a sliding scale interest rate ranging from 9-0% based on eligibility.

Most loans have flexible terms, up to 5 years. Most loans are capped at $2,500. Assistive technology loans may go up to $10,000, but there may be a waitlist for loans over $2,500.

Services

Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home rehabilitation for those in owner-occupied housing in Moline. (As of 2020, there is a waiting list of approximately 50 households, or about one year.)

Lead Based Paint Reduction Program tests homes for lead based paint. Can scrape, prime, and paint surfaces and/or replace windows if needed.

Services

Home Rehabilitation Programs
Lead Testing
Lead Abatement
Owner Occupied Housing Rehab Loan Program offers loans to homeowners within the corporate limits of the City of Davenport for the correction of existing and potential Housing Code violations.

The program does not perform work on basements or foundations. Household must meet income, assets and properties limits set by HUD. A mortgage and promissory note secures all eligible and approved loans.
Safety repairs and modifications to allow home owning seniors to safely remain in their residence. Applications are taken for those over 60 who are low income. Funding for large or cosmetic repairs is not available. Applicants may qualify for furnace repair or replacement if needed through other funding.
The Single Family Repair Program (SFR) offers Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, and Des Plaines homeowners a 0% interest, deferred loan to pay for needed extensive home repairs and maintenance. The program is designed to help homeowners maintain their homes in safe, good condition while keeping homeownership costs affordable. Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).
Provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.

Services

Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Loan provider in rural areas.

Business and Industry Loan Guarantees are available for business and industrial development in rural areas to create and maintain employment, expand and to improve economic climate.

Community Facilities Direct and Guaranteed Loans and Grants are available for community service facilities in rural areas such as libraries, clinics, fire and rescue buildings and equipment, etc.

Cooperative Services helps rural residents form new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improve operations of existing cooperatives in rural areas.

Direct and Guaranteed Home Ownership provides loans to purchase or construct single family homes in rural areas for very low/low/moderate income households.

Direct Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants provide housing and related facilities in rural areas for domestic farm laborers.

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants provide for technology equipment and facilities for linking rural schools within regions, linking schools to other educational institutions, utilizing rural libraries as distance learning centers, linking rural hospitals and medical clinics to major medical centers, interactive video, and distance rural health training.

Energy Efficiency Improvements and Renewable Energy Systems provide grant assistance in development of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement projects. Renewable systems include wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. Energy efficiency improvements include energy improvements to business facility including insulation, windows, doors, HVAC, refrigeration, lighting, pumping/air/motor systems, etc.

Housing Preservation Grants offers funding to selected recipient organization to develop program to help repair individual housing, rental properties or coops in rural areas owned and/or occupied by very low and low-income households.

Intermediary Re-Lending Program provides loans to ultimate recipients for community development projects, establishment and expansion of businesses, and creating and/or saving jobs in rural areas.

Rural Cooperative Development Grants establish and operate cooperative development centers in rural areas primarily to improve economic conditions of rural areas via development of new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improving existing co-ops' operations.

Rural Business Development Grants are competitive grants designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues.

Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants provide for a wide range of rural economic development projects in rural areas such as business expansion and start-up, community development, etc.

Rural Home Repair Loans and Grants assist homeowners, occupying dwellings in rural areas, to complete necessary repairs to their homes.

Rural Housing Site Loans provide loans in rural areas to purchase land and develop sites for very low/low/moderate-income housing.

Solid Waste Management Grants are used to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.

Technical Assistance and Training Grants are used to identify and evaluate solutions to water and wastewater problems of associations in rural areas relating to water source, storage, treatment and distribution; and waste collection, treatment and disposal.

Value-Added Producer Grants help eligible producers of agricultural commodities in rural areas to develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities and develop strategies to create marketing opportunities in emerging markets.

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Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Low Cost for Sale Homes/Housing Units
Business Financing
The Village of Oak Park uses Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to rehabilitate affordable rental housing units.
Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity helps income-challenged homeowners with repairs and home maintenance through the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI). Participating affiliates perform a limited range of housing interventions based on the particular needs of the qualified property. Homeowners will agree to pay for the repairs through a deferred, zero-interest loan.
Home Repair and Accessibility Program (HRAP) provides forgivable loans to help eligible homeowners make needed repairs or modifications for accessibility that affect the health or safety of their families.
Safety and Hazardous Home Repair Projects (for City of Aurora residents only). No emails or faxes allowed for this program.
Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation provides safety, security and accessibility improvements that help seniors to remain in their homes. This program is sponsored by the City of Chicago Department of Housing.
Provides grants for home improvements such as roofing, deck repair, window replacement, sidewalk repair, handrails, and handicap accessible ramps.
Offers three types of housing rehabilitaiton loans, designed to help homeowners who are struggling to get repairs done on their own. The assistance is provided in the form of a forgivable loan to income qualifying applicants and is only available to City residents who own their own house.

Emergency assistance program is open to property owners in any part of the City but is limited to a small number of eligible activities. The program can help with inoperable furnaces/boilers, water heaters, broken water lines or sewer laterals, non-compliant electrical weather heads, severely damaged roofs, and exterior accessibility issues for elderly and disabled persons. This program aims to provide help quickly.

General assistance program exists to help property owners who live in any part of the City. Activities can include a wide range of things including repairs or replacement of principle fixtures and components, water and energy efficient improvements, repair or replacement of water lines or sewer laterals, and improvements to remedy barriers that restrict the mobility and accessibility of elderly or disabled persons. Common exterior items that qualify under this program are roofs, entryways, stairs, and porch repairs. Common interior items that qualify under this program include stairways, plumbing, electrical panels, and mechanical equipment.

Targeted Area Repair Rehabilitation Program (TARRP) is limited to property owners within designated target areas of the City. These areas are shown in the maps below. One of the City's Housing and Property Maintenance Inspectors is assigned exclusively to these designated target areas. If the inspector finds a citable nuisance violation at a house, they are able to provide the property owner with information about this program. The property owner can then reach out to the Housing & Loan Program Officer and apply for assistance through this program for help getting the enforcement violations resolved. Violations are issued based on the condition of the following: structural deficiencies, nuisance violations, and health and life safety issues. Only exterior rehabilitation work is eligible in this program.
Loan provider in rural areas.

Business and Industry Loan Guarantees are available for business and industrial development in rural areas to create and maintain employment, expand and to improve economic climate.

Community Facilities Direct and Guaranteed Loans and Grants are available for community service facilities in rural areas such as libraries, clinics, fire and rescue buildings and equipment, etc.

Cooperative Services helps rural residents form new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improve operations of existing cooperatives in rural areas.

Direct and Guaranteed Home Ownership provides loans to purchase or construct single family homes in rural areas for very low/low/moderate income households.

Direct Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants provide housing and related facilities in rural areas for domestic farm laborers.

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants provide for technology equipment and facilities for linking rural schools within regions, linking schools to other educational institutions, utilizing rural libraries as distance learning centers, linking rural hospitals and medical clinics to major medical centers, interactive video, and distance rural health training.

Energy Efficiency Improvements and Renewable Energy Systems provide grant assistance in development of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement projects. Renewable systems include wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. Energy efficiency improvements include energy improvements to business facility including insulation, windows, doors, HVAC, refrigeration, lighting, pumping/air/motor systems, etc.

Housing Preservation Grants offers funding to selected recipient organization to develop program to help repair individual housing, rental properties or coops in rural areas owned and/or occupied by very low and low-income households.

Intermediary Re-Lending Program provides loans to ultimate recipients for community development projects, establishment and expansion of businesses, and creating and/or saving jobs in rural areas.

Rural Cooperative Development Grants establish and operate cooperative development centers in rural areas primarily to improve economic conditions of rural areas via development of new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improving existing co-ops' operations.

Rural Business Development Grants are competitive grants designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues.

Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants provide for a wide range of rural economic development projects in rural areas such as business expansion and start-up, community development, etc.

Rural Home Repair Loans and Grants assist homeowners, occupying dwellings in rural areas, to complete necessary repairs to their homes.

Rural Housing Site Loans provide loans in rural areas to purchase land and develop sites for very low/low/moderate-income housing.

Solid Waste Management Grants are used to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.

Technical Assistance and Training Grants are used to identify and evaluate solutions to water and wastewater problems of associations in rural areas relating to water source, storage, treatment and distribution; and waste collection, treatment and disposal.

Value-Added Producer Grants help eligible producers of agricultural commodities in rural areas to develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities and develop strategies to create marketing opportunities in emerging markets.

Water and Waste Dispos

Services

Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Low Cost for Sale Homes/Housing Units
Business Financing
Offers to help homeowners with disabilities or those who are 62 years of age or older with home repairs to help to make homes safe. Home repairs focus on Radon testing and mitigation, general home repairs, electrical work, plumbing, and new paint. Other home repair needs considered on a case by case basis. Must meet program guidelines to be eligible. Call or visit the website to learn more.

Services

Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Repair and Accessibility Program (HRAP), an Illinois Housing Development Authority funded program, provides forgivable loans to help eligible homeowners make needed repairs or modifications for accessibility that affect the health or safety of their families.
Safety repairs and modifications to allow home owning seniors to safely remain in their residence. Applications are taken for those over 60 who are low income. Funding for large or cosmetic repairs is not available. Applicants may qualify for furnace repair or replacement if needed through other funding.
Accessibility Rehabilitation Program provides a three year forgivable loan to property owners and homeowners to make their home handicap accessible. Homeowner Rehabilitation Loan Program provides low interest, long term loans up to $25,000 to homeowners to rehabilitate their homes. Home Repair Program provides a no interest loan to qualified homeowners to make repairs like painting, siding, roofing, windows, etc.

Services

Home Rehabilitation Programs
City Government Departments/Offices
Helps owner-investors with single family properties (1-4 units) east of 72nd Street make necessary repairs to their homes and ultimately aid in the revitalization of neighborhoods and communities. Rehabilitated properties are to be rented to low to moderate income persons.

If determined eligible, a construction specialist will schedule an initial property visit and determine the types of modifications and improvements that can be performed at the property.

Eligible property rehabilitation activities are limited to those necessary to correct substandard conditions, to make essential improvements, and to repair major systems in danger of failure. Major systems include such items as roofs, ceilings, walls, floors, foundations, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, and electrical systems.
Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity helps income-challenged homeowners with repairs and home maintenance through the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI). Participating affiliates perform a limited range of housing interventions based on the particular needs of the qualified property. Homeowners will agree to pay for the repairs through a deferred, zero-interest loan.