SCIL Ramp Program: Partners with the Springfield Center for Independent Living (SCIL) to provide disabled homeowners and renters with ramps and other modifications to increase accessibility and help them remain in their homes. Minor Home Repair: CDBG funds for emergency correction of building code deficiencies and other minor repairs of single-family, owner-occupied dwellings for very low to moderate income households. Examples of items which may be repaired are condemned furnaces, faulty wiring, or actively leaking roofs. Major Home Repair: Provides funds in the form of forgivable deferred loans to correct health and safety code violations, including lead-based paint hazards, for single-family dwelling units located in low-income census tracts. Get the Lead Out Program and Healthy Home Production: Awards housing funds to qualified applicants to help cover the cost of lead hazard remediation. This program is available to owner-occupied homes and privately-owned rental properties with four or fewer units. All remediation activities must be conducted in Pre-1978 houses occupied by low to moderate income households. ETIF Exterior Rehabilitation Program: Matching grant program that provides up to $15,000 of assistance to individuals who own the property they reside in for permanent improvements within the Enos Park and Madison Park Place TIF Districts. In the Far East neighborhood, the grant provides up to $25,000 and also interior repairs. In this neighborhood, it provides 90-10 matching as long as homeowner falls under the HUD median income level. For all residents of Springfield, the Citywide grant provides a 50-50 matching grant up to $15,000 for exterior renovations as long as the owner meets HUD income guidelines. First Responder and Veteran Home Purchase and New Construction Grant Programs: A portion of the TIF Funds provide grant assistance to first responders (Police and Fire) and veterans for an owner-occupied home purchase or new home construction in the neighborhood mentioned above. Recipients will be awarded 10% of the purchase price of the home up to $20,000.

Administers Federal grant programs such as: - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). - Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). - Continuum of Care (COC). - Provides grants for social service agency programs and facility improvements that are within HUD guidelines and the city of Bloomington. - Provides funds for the demolition of vacant, deteriorated structures within Bloomington. - Provides funds for rehabilitation on single family owner occupied, income eligible households located within the City of Bloomington Corporate Limits. - Provides funds for infrastructure improvements located in low / moderate income areas - such as streets, curb, gutters, sidewalks, water, and sewer services.

Home rehabilitation grants available to income-qualified residents. These grants include: - Emergency Repair Grants. - Emergency Roof Repair Grants. - Emergency Sewer Repair Grants. - Accessibility Grants. - Senior Repair Grants.

Offers several loans and grants for the purposes of home improvement. Loans/grants include: - Non-forgivable loan, amount up to $7,000 at 2.5 percent interest to eligible low to moderate income persons to rehabilitate single-family owner occupied homes in participating St. Clair County communities. - Forgivable loans available to eligible low-income persons to rehabilitate single-family owner-occupied properties in participating St. Clair County communities. - Emergency Repair Funds up to $5000 per household to eligible low income persons for the purpose of addressing any items that threaten the health or safety of the resident. - Accessibility Repair Funds up to $5,000 per household to eligible low income persons for the purpose of addressing any items that will allow the resident with a physical impairment accessibility to remain in their home.

Major Rehabilitation Deferred Loan Program - Assistance up to $20,000 is available for major repair or renovation of homes which contain several code-related issues or are in need of significant rehabilitation (cosmetic items do not qualify). The funds are applied as a 5-year forgivable mortgage on the home. Minor Rehabilitation Grant Program - Under this program a grant of up to $12,000 is provided for code-related repairs of an emergency nature which threatens the health or safety of the occupants of the home. Accessibility Grant Program - Provides grant assistance to an income-eligible homeowner or renter of a single-family residence or up to a four-unit complex to eliminate physical barriers which inhibit the use of the dwelling unit by a person with Disability. The maximum grant amount is $7,000.