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Centers for Independent Living can offer home evaluations and help you, a person with a disability, find
resources to pay for home modifications and assistive technology. They are located across the U.S. To locate your local Council on Independent
Living visit the NHU resource page with link provided.
Need help paying bills.com offers a Weatherization Assistance Programs page. These programs are available in each state. Visit this page for information on these programs and the contact information for each state. The agencies that administer it can vary by county, and may be a local community action agency, human service organization, or department of social service office. The program is offered for free to income qualified homeowners and in some cases a renter can also apply for weatherization.
Rebuilding Together is a non-profit organization with affiliates throughout the United States with a mission to "preserve and revitalize houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, particularly those who are elderly and disabled and families with children, live in warmth, safety, and independence." They achieve this mission by making repairs to homes of low-income individuals. All repairs are free to the homeowner. Eligible homeowners must be low-income and elderly, disabled, or families with children, and unable to do the work themselves. Homeowners in need of home repairs should contact their local affiliate. To locate an affiliate, visit the Rebuilding Together website.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development offers Rural Housing Repair and Rehabilitation Loans to very low-income rural residents. The loans have a very low 1% interest rate and can be repaid over 20 years. Qualified applicants must have incomes below 50 percent of the area median income. For more information, contact your State Office by calling 1-800-670-6553.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program helps pay for energy efficient home repairs. Each state has its own criteria and guidelines for selecting recipients of home repair funds. To learn more, call the National Energy Assistance Referral Project at 1-866-674-6327 to be referred to your state office.
US Department of Energy can link you to the local agency that provides weatherization assistance via the Weatherization Assistance Program, the State Energy Program and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has developed an online list of federally- and state-funded home repair and rehabilitation programs. To locate a program in your state, visit HUD: Home Improvements.
Florida Department of Community Affairs administers the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). Participating agencies and organizations offer grants to make home repairs that can lower home heating and cooling expenses. Such repairs could include insulation, weather stripping, water heater wraps, furnaces and air conditioning repair, and others. Client households must have limited income. Preference is given to owner occupied, elderly, disabled, and families with children 12 and under. For more information contact the department at 1-877-352-3222.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources oversees the Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program. This program makes energy-efficient improvements to eligible homes. To find out which organization offers this assistance in your area, visit the MO DNR website.
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Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) Resource List for Home Repairs, Modifications and Assistive Technology . ... for people with disabilities in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Division of Housing and Community Development Home Repairs offers home repair programs for people with disabilities and seniors including a heater hotline for emergency heat repair.
Homage Home Repair Services has assisted low and moderate income seniors and people with disabilities who own their homes providing health and safety repairs for individuals when they can't perform them due to lack of funds or because of physical limitations.
Repairs include: carbon monoxide detectors • carpentry • door/window repairs • grab bars • limited weatherization • minor chimney repairs • plumbing • ramp repairs/handrails • roof repairs • security devices & locks • sewer repairs • smoke alarms. Located in Everett, Washington, call 425.265.2222
ore send email to homerepair@homage.org
Milwaukee County, via their Housing Division, offers home repair assistance to qualified residents. To learn more, call (414) 289-5894.
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