City of Bowling Green, Elderly Home Repair

PURPOSE

The Elderly Emergency Home Repair program assists low-income homeowners age 62 and older with funds to pay for one emergency home repair that addresses a problematic health and safety condition. The activity assists elderly homeowners to continue living independently within their own homes.

ELIGIBILITY

Homeowners will qualify as low-income if their income is at or below 80% of the Median Household Income level of Wood County (as determined by HUD):

# Persons in the household/Income:
1- $35,100
2- $40,100
3 -$45,100
4- $50,100
5- $54,150
PROPERTY MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BOWLING GREEN

STANDARD

The standard of improvement will be Wood County Health, Safety and Sanitation Code and /or OHCP Residential Rehabilitation Standards which ever takes precedents over the work to be done.

ASSISTANCE PACKAGE

Grants will be provided to qualified homeowners in the form of a no-pay- back grant up to $8,000. The applicant must own the property (have a clear title to the property or a recorded life lease or life estate) and occupy it as their primary residence. The City of Bowling Green will hold no mortgage or lien against the property.

The city of Bowling Green has a policy noting that applicants with liquid assets in excess of $5,000 may be required to contribute a portion of these assets. These assets include savings accounts, Certificates of Deposit, stocks, bonds and other real estate.

ELIGIBLE WORK

Eligible work under Elderly Home Repair includes, but is not limited to:
Electrical wiring, plumbing, roofing, heating system repair/replacement, water service repair/replacement, sanitary repair /replacement, structural repair and any other work necessary to correct an emergency substandard conditions.

Ineligible Rehabilitation items include construction of new additions or accessory structures, appliances, not built-in, recreational improvements /repairs and the cost of landscaping. Work completed through the program will be limited to rehabilitation necessary to correct ONE substandard condition.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications are available at the City Building, 304 N. Church Street, Bowling Green. For more information please contact Forrest Blake, Housing Specialist at (419) 354-6221.