| Sometimes it is all that a homeowner can do to keep | | | | grants in your area, so remember to consider these |
| up with essential home maintenance projects. When | | | | grants as well. |
| you need to make a home improvement and your | | | | Grants for Extreme Weather |
| budget is already stretched to the max, you may | | | | In some areas of the country the climate can cause |
| want to consider looking for a home improvement | | | | a particular hardship on the local population. There are |
| grant available through the U.S. government. There | | | | always grants available for people who need |
| are several different sources where you can find out | | | | assistance getting their houses ready for harsh |
| about these grants. You local HUD office, local | | | | climate conditions. Whether it is extreme heat or |
| housing non-profits, or your state and local authorities | | | | more commonly extreme cold, whenever the climate |
| are all great places to check. While there are many | | | | is creating unsafe living conditions, using a grant to |
| different grants available, both private and public, | | | | get your house functional again may be an option |
| they do all have certain eligibility standards. | | | | available to you. Low-income families, the elderly and |
| Covered Repairs | | | | the handicapped are generally covered by programs |
| There are many home improvements that can qualify | | | | for these services. Your local social service agency |
| you for a government grant. They include work on | | | | can frequently point you in the right direction when |
| your doors, windows, siding or roof as well as major | | | | you are looking for help winterizing your home. |
| structural damage. Anything that may be a hazard to | | | | Low-Income Housing |
| your health and safety may be covered. Other | | | | Home improvement grants are often available if you |
| important systems to your house like sewer, water | | | | want to take an existing property and turn it into |
| and electric are also frequently covered. | | | | low-income housing. These grants encourage landlords |
| If you have a home that you need to retrofit to | | | | to rehab properties in struggling, low-income |
| make it handicap accessible, you can generally find a | | | | neighborhoods. If you are trying to find funds to |
| grant to add ramps, bars and other improvements to | | | | create a low income housing opportunity, you can |
| make it usable for a handicapped person. | | | | check with your local HUD office. |
| Grants Available for the Elderly | | | | More Research |
| Since senior citizens are frequently retired and living | | | | The variety of home improvement grants available is |
| on a fixed income, the may be one of the sectors of | | | | staggering, and they are designed for many different |
| our population that find themselves in need of | | | | demographics. If you think that you may need a |
| assistance. Pretty much every community has some | | | | grant to get an improvement done on your home, do |
| type of help in place for their senior population. By | | | | a little research online. A grant is money that you will |
| checking with your local service organizations, the | | | | never have to repay, so if you think that you are |
| chamber of commerce and your local state agencies, | | | | eligible for one of the available home improvement |
| you can find which programs may apply to your | | | | grants out there, get your application in. After all, you |
| situation. You may even be able to find private | | | | have got nothing to lose. |