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Rural Home Repair
Oregon Housing and Community Services, in partnership with rural cities, counties, and local nonprofits, helps low-income homeowners obtain the funds they need to complete home repairs in rural areas. Each year OHCS awards federal grant funds to cities and counties to implement a home repair program. Cities and counties then typically hire a local nonprofit agency to implement the home repair program. The local nonprofits then work with eligible households and assists them through the entire process including determining their eligibility, developing a scope of work, selecting a qualified contractor and all the way through to the completion of the home repairs.
Eligible home repairs must address health and safety concerns such as weatherization, electrical and plumbing upgrades. Basic home maintenance work is also eligible, which may include roofing, siding, insulation, dry rot repairs, heating systems, light fixtures, and the installation of built-in appliances.
The counties of Clackamas, Washington, and Multnomah, as well as the cities of Ashland, Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Portland, Salem, and Springfield, also receive funding that may, at their discretion, be used for home repairs. Visit the HUD Web site to find the local contacts for the areas where OHCS does not have funding to offer a home repair program.
To learn more about the rural home repair program, contact your local provider, e-mail Ernie Kirchner or call Ernie at 503.986.2136.
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