Home Repair
Our Home Repair programs are designed to help low-income homeowners maintain and improve their housing situations, with the goal of keeping our neighborhood safe and affordable for years to come.
Home Repair & Façade Improvement Grants
SoWe offers two different grants to low-income families in the neighborhood to make repairs and improvements to their homes through the Home Repair and Façade Improvement programs. We can help with a wide variety of issues, including repairs to the interior of the home, such as HVAC systems & accessibility improvements, as well as to exterior of the home, such as porch repairs & sidewalks. Each household can qualify for a one-time $5,000 grant for each program (for a total of $10,000) that would be paid directly to the contractor(s) upon completion of the work.
Households must live in the Southwest neighborhood and earn less than 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) as outlined in the table. Please click the button to apply for more information and see if you qualify!
Tenfold’s Critical Home Repair Loan
To complement SoWe’s programs and the City of Lancaster’s Critical Home Repair grant for households earning 80% or less than the Lancaster County Area Median Income (AMI), Tenfold Community Lending also offers low interest short-term loans to households earning 80%-120% AMI. This loan program can help with critical repairs, including:
· Leaking roofs
· Broken furnaces or water heaters
· Collapsing sewer pipes·
· Structural items that are in danger of collapsing
· Electrical issues that may start a fire
Please note, this is not a program for general home maintenance, but to address emergency repairs.
The Loan program is underwritten and operated through Tenfold Community Lending for those households whose income is between figures listed in the table.
Please contact Tenfold Community Lending at 717-358-9357 with any questions regarding the program.
