Home repairs grants!!!!!!!!

Question

i own a home in which me and my 3 children stay. my home is in need of repairs-desperatly!!!! my ceiling has fell in, in 2 different rooms due to raining in the house, so of course i need a new roof too!! I make about $12,000/year and can not afford the repairs. Is there any kind of government grants that I can apply for to aid in the cost of repairs? If you can give me a website or phone number I'd greatly appreciate it. (i inherited the house and we reside in texas)

3 hours ago - 3 days left to answer.

Answer 1

Grants are exclusively for education.The bank will give home improvement loans if your credit is up to par though.

Answer 2

I copied this answer from Yahoo answers from imisidro a year ago:

Even though the question was slightly different, it covers your situation as well.



You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.

Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs

Here are the available grants on home repair http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALO...

10.405 USDA Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants

10.410 USDA Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans

10.415 USDA Rural Rental Housing Loans

10.417 USDA Very Low-Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants

10.433 USDA Rural Housing Preservation Grants

10.437 USDA Interest Assistance Program

10.442 USDA Housing Application Packaging Grants

14.103 HUD Interest Reduction Payments_Rental and Cooperative Housing for Lower Income Families

14.108 HUD Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance

14.112 HUD Mortgage Insurance for Construction or Substantial Rehabilitation of Condominium Projects

14.117 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Homes

14.120 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Homes for Low and Moderate Income Families

14.122 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Homes in Urban Renewal Areas

14.123 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Housing in Older, Declining Areas

14.126 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Cooperative Projects

14.134 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Rental Housing

14.135 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Rental and Cooperative Housing for Moderate Income Families and Elderly, Market Interest Rate

14.138 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Rental Housing for the Elderly

14.139 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Rental Housing in Urban Renewal Areas

14.142 HUD Property Improvement Loan Insurance for Improving All Existing Structures and Building of New Nonresidential Structures

14.151 HUD Supplemental Loan Insurance_Multifamily Rental Housing

14.157 HUD Supportive Housing for the Elderly

14.165 HUD Mortgage Insurance_Homes_Military Impacted Areas

14.181 HUD Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities

14.218 HUD Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants

14.219 HUD Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities Program

14.247 HUD Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program

14.248 HUD Community Development Block Grants_Section 108 Loan Guarantees

14.511 HUD Community Outreach Partnership Center Program

14.852 HUD Public Housing_Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program

14.859 HUD Public Housing_Comprehensive Grant Program

15.141 DOI Indian Housing Assistance

15.144 DOI Indian Child Welfare Act_Title II Grants

64.106 VA Specially Adapted Housing for Disabled Veterans

64.114 VA Veterans Housing_Guaranteed and Insured Loans

64.118 VA Veterans Housing_Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans

64.119 VA Veterans Housing_Manufactured Home Loans

81.042 DOE Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons