City Offers Home Rehabilitation Assistance
Qualified repairs include accessibility issues, air conditioner repair or replacement, home exterior issues, and emergency and major repairs.
Irving administers programs, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), that provide financial assistance to qualified homeowners for home repairs through partially forgivable loans.
Qualified repairs include accessibility issues, air conditioner repair or replacement, home exterior issues, and emergency and major repairs.
Applicants must qualify under HUD income guidelines.
- Accessibility: Available to seniors and homeowners with special needs, the program helps correct structural issues related to mobility and health, such as ramp construction and bathroom retrofits with ADA-compliant fixtures.
- Emergency Repair: Assists homeowners with emergency repairs for problems that occurred without warning within the past two weeks, require immediate action and are detrimental to life, health or safety.
- Air Conditioner Repair or Replacement: Provides assistance with air conditioner or heating issues.
- Exterior Improvement: Assists homeowners who have been given notices of violation from Code Enforcement but do not have the financial resources to address the code violations.
- Major Repair: Assists homeowners with repair needs for some or all of the home’s major systems, depending on need and available funding. This is not designed as a complete home renovation program.
- Major systems include:
- Electrical systems
- Plumbing systems, including water and sewer lines
- Roof repairs or replacement
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
- Pier and beam foundation stabilization, approved on a case-by-case basis
Visit the Home Rehabilitation Programs page for more information and to apply.