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							ROSS
County Level Programs
Name of Program:        Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)
Agency:                 Ross County/Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Description:            Housing Rehabilitation Assistance and Home Repair Assistance.
Eligibility:            Owner occupied homeowners. Income cannot exceed 80% of area median
                        income. Assistance also targeted to those at or below 50% of area median
                        income.
Eligible Repairs:       Rehabilitation: Installation and/or repairs to foundations, roofs, gutters
                        electrical upgrades, plumbing, furnaces, hot water heaters, insulation,
                        windows, doors, accessibility improvements and lead based paint reduction.
                        Home repair: roofs, handicapped accessibility, water taps, septic repairs or
                        replacements,foundation repairs, electrical repairs, plumbing repairs,
                        window replacement, new roofs, new furnaces, insulation, siding repair and
                        lead based paint reduction.
Type of Funding         Home Repair Assistance is provided as a grant. Rehabilitation Assistance is
                        provided in the form of a deferred, no-interest loan, a portion of which may
                        be forgiven under certain conditions.
Contact:                (614) 233-4108 kwerkmeiser@morpc.org
Program Link:           http://www.morpc.org/housing/chip/ross_county.asp
Lead Repairs Allowed?   Yes
Name of Program:        Emergency Home Repairs/Handicapped Accessibility Modifications
                        (OHTF)
Agency:                 Area Agency on Aging, District 7
Description:            Provides assistance with emergency home repairs and handicapped
                        accessibility modifications.
Eligibility:            Homeowners 60 years and older; living in the home where
                        modification/repair will be completed, recorded homeowner, life estate or life
                        lease, some restrictions apply to mobile homes. •For Housing Trust Fund--
                        income of entire household must be at or below 35% of county median
                        income •For Senior Community Services Home Repair--income of entire
                        household must be 175% of Federal Poverty Level (HEAP guidelines) In
                        Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto
                        and Vinton Counties.
Eligible Repairs:       Home Modification and/or Repairs, including: heating systems, plumbing
                        systems,hot water tanks, water taps and lines, hazardous electrical
                        systems, severely deteriorated roofs, walls, floors and doors, ramps for
                        handicapped-accessibility, kitchen and bathroom modifications for
                        handicapped accessibility
Type of Funding:        Grant
Contact:                (800) 582-7277
Program Link:           http://www.aaa7.org/p_emerghomerepair.htm
Lead Repairs Allowed?   No
Name of Program:        Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP)
Agency:                 Ross County Community Action Commission
Description:            No-cost energy assistance program designed to increase the energy
                        efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by income-eligible Ohioans,
                        reduce participants' household energy expenditures and improve
                        participants health and safety.
                                                                          OHHN, Updated April 2012
Eligibility             Any individual, homeowner or renter with an income at or below 200% of the
                        federal poverty guidelines. HWAP providers give priority to people over the
                        age of 60 and those with disabilities.
Eligible Repairs:       Safety inspection, tune-up/repair and if necessary, installation of heating
                        units; insulation of attics, sidewalls, heating ducts, floors, water tanks;
                        reduction of air leakage from major sources; personalized energy
                        management plans.
Type of Funding:        Grant of direct service. No cash benefits.
Contact:                (740) 702-7222 bobhard@bright.net
Program Link:           http://www.rossccac.com/Home_Weatherization.html
Lead Repairs Allowed?   No
Name of Program:        Lead Hazard Control Grant
Agency:                 Ohio Department of Health through a grant from HUD
Description:            Lead hazard control program for homeowner and tenant households. Must
                        be a resident of Ross county. Households must have low-to-moderate
                        incomes and lead in their unit. Program assists homeowners directly;
                        tenants are assisted by a grant to their landlord.
Eligibility:            Household income cannot exceed 80% of area median income. If the
                        property is owner-occupied, either a child under 6 years of age must live in
                        the home or visit a significant amount of time, or there must be a pregnant
                        woman living in the home. If the home is a rental, the owner must agree to
                        not significantly raise the rent for a 3-year period and the owner must make
                        a good faith effort to rent to low income families with children. Structures
                        with more than 4 units are not eligible for assistance.
Eligible Repairs:       Lead hazard control repairs
Type of Funding:        Grant, up to an average of $8,000 per unit
Contact:                (877) 532-3723 (LEAD SAFE)
Program Link:           http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/cfhs/lead_ch/lhcgp.aspx
Lead Repairs Allowed?   Yes
Name of Program:        Very Low Income Housing Repair Program
Agency:                 USDA Rural Development
Description:            Provides loans and grants to very low-income homeowners to repair,
                        improve, or modernize their home. COUNTY IS PARTIALLY ELIGIBLE.
Eligibility: Loans      To obtain a loan, homeowner-occupants must be unable to obtain
                        affordable credit elsewhere and must have very low incomes, defined as
                        below 50 percent of the area median income. Loans are at 1 percent
                        interest with up to 20 years to repay. For Income and Property Eligibility
                        please see our Eligibility Site:
                        http://eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility/welcomeAction
Eligibility: Grants     Grants are only available to homeowners who are 62 years old or older and
                        cannot repay a Section 504 Loan. For Income and Property Eligibility please
                        see our Eligibility Site.
                        http://eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility/welcomeAction
Eligible Repairs:       Funds may only be used for repairs or improvements to remove health and
                        safety hazards, or to complete repairs to make the dwelling accessible for
                        household members with disabilities.
Type of Funding:        Loans and Grants
Contact:                (937) 393-1921 Hillsboro Office
Program Link:           http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/oh/do-list.htm
                        http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/HAD-RR_Loans_Grants.html
                                                                         OHHN, Updated April 2012
Lead Repairs Allowed?   Yes
City Level Programs
Chillicothe
Name of Program:        Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)
Agency:                 City of Chillicothe/ORDC
Description:            Housing Rehabilitation Assistance and Home Repair Assistance
Eligibility:            Owner occupied homeowners. Income cannot exceed 80% of area median
                        income.
Eligible Repairs:       Rehabilitation: Installation and/or repairs to foundations, roofs, gutters
                        electrical upgrades, plumbing, furnaces, hot water heaters, insulation,
                        windows, doors, accessibility improvements and lead based paint reduction.
                        Home repair: roofs, handicapped accessibility, water taps, septic repairs or
                        replacements,foundation repairs, electrical repairs, plumbing repairs,
                        window replacement, new roofs, new furnaces, insulation, siding repair and
                        lead based paint reduction.
Type of Funding         Home Repair Assistance is provided as a grant. Rehabilitation Assistance is
                        provided in the form of a deferred, no-interest loan, a portion of which may
                        be forgiven under certain conditions.
Contact:                (740) 622-0529 dale@ordevelopment.com
Program Link:           None
Lead Repairs Allowed?   Yes




                                                                         OHHN, Updated April 2012