Provides financial assistance to eligible owner/occupants of residential housing for the rehabilitation of their homes.

Provides financial assistance for critical home repair services including roofs, furnaces, electrical, plumbing, windows, gutters, downspouts, and concrete.

Operates various home rehabilitation and repair programs including:

HOME Program - A housing rehabilitation grant program for income qualified homeowners who need general home improvements that are code deficiencies.

Offers opportunities for homeowners, tenants, and owners of rental property. There are forgivable interest-free housing rehabilitation loans, grants for accessibility upgrades, forgivable interest-free down payment and closing cost assistance loans, free legal assistance, housing stabilizing short term funding, programs to stimulate both new construction and substantial rehabilitation, and programs to stimulate production of rental housing.

Offers grants to provide assistance to low-income owners of single-family home owners. Funds are for home improvements to correct code deficiencies.

Provides financial assistance in the form of a grant to Indiana County home owners who have a permanent physical disability, or who has someone within their household with a permanent physical disability. Modifications such as ramps, grab bars, bathroom modifications, door widening, stair lifts etc. will be made to accommodate their disability and enable them to maintain their independent living status.

Provides financial relief in time of hardship to eligible veterans and their families as a secondary resource when a need has been demonstrated and Veterans Affairs assistance is not available. Hardship grants are reviewed by the board of directors and approved on a case-by-case basis.

Administers the Housing Rehabilitation Program for low to moderate income homeowners to make essential repairs and necessary improvements in their homes.

Income-based programs offer residential housing rehabilitation, and energy-efficient housing improvements. Staff members engage eligible homeowners and renters in developing a plan to use identified resources to provide affordable, safe, accessible and energy-efficient housing improvements. Through community collaboration and partnerships with county and local municipal governments, and a multitude of other non-profit organizations, the program leverages local, state and federal housing resources. Staff members engage eligible homeowners in developing a plan to use identified resources for solutions that provide affordable, safe, accessible and energy-efficient housing improvements.

Rehabilitates homes for limited -income families. Eligible repairs include structural, roofing, plumbing, electrical, heating/furnace, window replacement, randon and lead-based paint mitigation, and energy-related improvements. Also included are modifications for mobility-impaired residents.

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton, formerly Hazleton General Hospital, has 150 beds and provides inpatient acute care, rehab care at Gunderson Center for Inpatient Rehabilitation, emergency care, maternity and home care. It was the first accredited Primary Care Stroke Center in northeast Pennsylvania. In November 2015, the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation granted Level IV Trauma Center accreditation to LVHâHazleton.

Provides loans to homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their homes or grants to elderly homeowners to remove health and safety hazards. Assists people with Lead Service Lines that need to be replaced.

Offers a variety of housing programs.

Offers single-family housing programs assisting in the purchase, construction, and repair of homes. Provides rural rental housing programs to assist in new construction or rehabilitate existing multi-family housing projects and build or improve community facilities. Assists rural businesses.

Provides loans and grants to low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize a home or to remove health and safety hazards.

Increases access to services, such as water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities, and electric and telephone service. Promotes economic development through loans to businesses. Provides technical assistance and information to help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started and improve their effectiveness.

Provides major adaptations to a house or a rental unit to help individuals with physical disabilities to live independently in their own homes and avoid institutionalization. Provides free adaptations to a house or an apartment, allowing easier access to and mobility within the home.

Provides free repairs to correct electrical, plumbing, heating, limited structural and carpentry, and roofing emergencies in eligible owner-occupied homes in Philadelphia.

Provides home fixing service. Repairs include replacing exterior doors and locks, rebuilding basement steps, making minor plumbing repairs and replacing electrical switches, outlets and fixtures.

Assists landlords with the cost of essential repairs in exchange for creating or maintaining affordable housing for five (5) years. In exchange for up to $25,000 of assistance with eligible repairs, landlords who participate in the program will agree to rent units to households with income below 80% of the area median and to charge rent at or below the fair market rent.

Offers grants and low-interest loans for repairs to owner occupied homes within the city limits. Household income
limits and other eligibility requirements apply. Helps qualified households make code, safety and other needed repairs to their homes. The maximum available to an eligible household is $30,000. Eligible work includes roofing, electrical, plumbing, lead paint hazard reduction, insulation, window replacement, and many other items.

Owners of rental property located between Grier, West 4th, Park Avenue and Beeber, can apply for a home repair and improvement grant under the BNIP PHARE Program. Code, safety, weatherization and general property improvements are eligible. Units must be occupied by predominately lower to moderate income tenants at an affordable rent.

This program assists low- and moderate-income households seeking to make home repairs to bring their properties up to code or correct deficiencies

Provides grants and technical assistance to qualified lower income homeowners to improve their homes and eliminate housing code violations.

Assists eligible low- and moderate-income Chester County homeowners in making critical repairs so their homes are habitable, safe, accessible, and healthy. The total amount of financial assistance an eligible household may receive is limited to less than $25,000.

Provides residential customers with the opportunity to reduce cooling and heating costs in their home by providing services through state and utility weatherization programs.
* Residential weatherization services are provided under the PPL WRAP program, FirstEnergy WARM program, UGI Low Income Usage Reduction Program and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development Weatherization Assistance Program.
*Manages the LIHEAP crisis program in Lehigh and Northampton counties. This program provides for repair or replacement of heating systems in cold weather emergency situations for qualified low-income households.

Provides grants to local municipalities to undertake public improvement projects, renovate community facilities to benefit low and moderate income people. (Ex. sanitary sewer, public water, neighborhood improvement and parks, recreational facility project, public facility rehabilitation)

Provides home repairs and renovation assistance for owner occupied households. Subject to funding availability. Funds may be used for any purpose within home repairs and debt consolidation parameters.

The purpose of this county wide program is to help low to moderate income home owners correct violations of the BOCA Property Maintenance Code, Local and State Codes, and the Section 8 Housing Quality Standards. Violations include, but are not limited to, structural, plumbing, heating, and electrical problems. Also addresses lead based paint reduction.

Handicap accessible modifications are also included in this program. Modifications include, but are not limited to, widened doorways, ramps, and accessible bathrooms and kitchens.

Provides financial assistance to make necessary repairs to the home for Wilkes-Barre. Total amount of assistance will be determined on a case by case basis depending on the cost of repair or replace the Emergency condition(s). Repair will be sub-contracted to a Wilkes-Barre City licensed contractor. All work will be inspected and approved by the City.

Provides low interest loans and/or grants for home improvements to those Wilkes-Barre City homeowners who qualify. The assistance is determined by total household income. Eligible rehabilitation work will consist of repairs to correct housing code violations and lead based paint reduction activities.

Provides a non-repayable, income-qualifying grant up to $7,500 towards property improvements.

Helps reduce the cost of energy usage around homes through the installation of energy saving tools, utilities, and appliances; provides energy education to assist clients in further reducing energy costs by utilizing their energy more efficiently.

Helps reduce the cost of energy usage around homes through the installation of energy saving tools, utilities, and appliances; provides energy education to assist clients in further reducing energy costs by utilizing their energy more efficiently.

Helps reduce the cost of energy usage around homes through the installation of energy saving tools, utilities, and appliances; provides energy education to assist clients in further reducing energy costs by utilizing their energy more efficiently.

Helps reduce the cost of energy usage around homes through the installation of energy saving tools, utilities, and appliances; provides energy education to assist clients in further reducing energy costs by utilizing their energy more efficiently.

Provides energy conservation measures installed to houses or mobile homes in order to reduce heating/cooling and utility costs.
Measures may include attic insulation, floor insulation, furnace testing, weather stripping, door sweeps, caulking, hot water heater and pipe wrap, faucet aerators, low flow showerheads and energy education.

Provides major repairs to homes in order to bring the home up to HUD housing standards for health and safety.
Home owners must have lived in the home at least 2 years.

The Community Development office has three programs to assist homeowners.
* Emergency Home Rehabilitation Program provides assistance to
eligible homeowners in situations that create unexpected and
immediate danger to the health and well being of the
occupants
of the home.
The Growing Home Owner's Initiative is a matched savings and
education initiative to help individuals and families turn
the dream of purchasing a home into a reality.
The Luzerne County's Homeownership Program is to create
affordable home buyer opportunities for low to moderate income persons.

Provides for single-year and multi-year grants for the construction of drinking water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer projects; the construction or renovation of flood control projects; and the repair or rehabilitation of high-hazard unsafe dams.

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Offices closed to the public. Phone only

Administers Community Development Block Grant, HOME and other state/federal community development programs.

Redevelopment Authority Programs

- First Time Homebuyer Program

- Housing Rehabilitation Program

- Housing Accessibility Program