Emergency Home Repair Grants

The City of Chicago offers an Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP).
EHAP provides grants to low-income homeowners to repair roofs, porches and heating units that are in serious disrepair. Owners of 1-4 unit properties in Chicago must live on the property and have no other means to pay for the repairs. If the property is sold within one year of the repairs, the City requires the homeowner to repay the grant amount.

Repairs are made seasonally on a first-come; first-served basis as follows:

Heating Unit Repair/Replacement:
From November 1 through March 31, improvements are limited to the repair and replacement of heating units. Applicants must bring required documents listed below to the Department of Housing to apply.

Roof and Porch Repair/Replacement:
Applicants must call Chicago’s City Services at 311 beginning January 1 of each program year to be placed on the intake list for services. The Department of Housing will accept applicants based on available funding. Roof and porch repair and replacement will be performed between April 1 and October 31.

Visit the website to learn more about the requirements for application

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 11:29 am and is filed under Home Grants. If you are looking for similar grants in this state, click the category name here. That will give you a list of grant announcements in that category in the state.