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Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.
Programs available:
- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.
- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.
- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.
- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.
Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.
Programs available:
- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.
- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.
- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.
- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.
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Community Block Build - House-by-house approach to improving focused areas of high need. Includes:
- Handicap accessibility modifications.
- Plumbing/electrical work.
- Energy efficiency upgrades.
- Landscaping.
- Painting.
Safe at Home - Improves access and reduces risk for seniors and people with disabilities. Some repairs include:
- Hand railings/grab bars.
- Ramps.
- Broken/weak steps.
- Walk-in shower.
- ADA-accessible doorways.
- Lever door knobs.
- Additional lighting.
- Deadbolts and locks.
Community Block Build - House-by-house approach to improving focused areas of high need. Includes:
- Handicap accessibility modifications.
- Plumbing/electrical work.
- Energy efficiency upgrades.
- Landscaping.
- Painting.
Safe at Home - Improves access and reduces risk for seniors and people with disabilities. Some repairs include:
- Hand railings/grab bars.
- Ramps.
- Broken/weak steps.
- Walk-in shower.
- ADA-accessible doorways.
- Lever door knobs.
- Additional lighting.
- Deadbolts and locks.
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Provides home rehabilitation assistance for single family homeowner occupied residents when grant funding is available through IDHA. Mobile homes are not eligible for this program. Each application is seen on a case by case basis. Measures will be done based on needs identified in the home inspection/assessment. The focus is on code, health, safety, and lead paint issues first. Grants are for a 2 year period.
Provides home rehabilitation assistance for single family homeowner occupied residents when grant funding is available through IDHA. Mobile homes are not eligible for this program. Each application is seen on a case by case basis. Measures will be done based on needs identified in the home inspection/assessment. The focus is on code, health, safety, and lead paint issues first. Grants are for a 2 year period.
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Applications will be accepted continuously, placed on a waiting list, and reviewed on a first-come, first served basis as funding is available.
Applications will be accepted continuously, placed on a waiting list, and reviewed on a first-come, first served basis as funding is available.
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Assistance with home purchase down payments, closing cost payment, purchase, rehabilitation and resell of homes, and new construction.
NeighborWorks is also a packager for USDA-D home loans.
Assistance with home purchase down payments, closing cost payment, purchase, rehabilitation and resell of homes, and new construction.
NeighborWorks is also a packager for USDA-D home loans.
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Provides a wide range of health care and support services that enable individuals, from newborns to the elderly to receive care at home. Services include:
- Rehabilitation Therapy.
- Social Services.
- Home Health Aides.
Provides a wide range of health care and support services that enable individuals, from newborns to the elderly to receive care at home. Services include:
- Rehabilitation Therapy.
- Social Services.
- Home Health Aides.
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Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.
Programs available:
- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.
- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.
- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.
- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.
Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.
Programs available:
- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.
- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.
- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.
- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.
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Direct/Deferred Payment Loan provides assistance for low and moderate-income homeowners located in low/moderate income areas. Provides direct loans at 0% interest with moderate monthly payments. If unable to get a direct loan, deferred payment loans are available at 0% interest with monthly payments deferred for two years.
Emergency Repair Loan is a 0% interest deferred payment loan, with no payments as long as the borrower keeps ownership of and lives on the property, for emergency repairs (replacement of furnaces, water heaters, dangerous wiring, etc.) to very low income home-owners citywide. Income cannot exceed 50% of Lincoln median income.
First Home Program provides assistance for low and moderate income first-time home buyers citywide who have not owned a home for 3 years. Some exceptions may apply. Must complete Home buyer Training offered by NeighborWorks Lincoln. Deferred loan assistance is available for gap financing and housing rehabilitation. Annual income cannot exceed 80% of Lincoln median income.
Direct/Deferred Payment Loan provides assistance for low and moderate-income homeowners located in low/moderate income areas. Provides direct loans at 0% interest with moderate monthly payments. If unable to get a direct loan, deferred payment loans are available at 0% interest with monthly payments deferred for two years.
Emergency Repair Loan is a 0% interest deferred payment loan, with no payments as long as the borrower keeps ownership of and lives on the property, for emergency repairs (replacement of furnaces, water heaters, dangerous wiring, etc.) to very low income home-owners citywide. Income cannot exceed 50% of Lincoln median income.
First Home Program provides assistance for low and moderate income first-time home buyers citywide who have not owned a home for 3 years. Some exceptions may apply. Must complete Home buyer Training offered by NeighborWorks Lincoln. Deferred loan assistance is available for gap financing and housing rehabilitation. Annual income cannot exceed 80% of Lincoln median income.
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PROGRAM ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES include:
1) Basic structural repairs: (a) exterior walls (b) roof and roof structure (c) foundation (d) floor joists and ceilings
2) Building systems: (a) electrical (b) plumbing (c) heating
3) Weatherization: (a) insulation (b) windows (c) siding
4) Handicap Accessibility: (a) exterior ramp (b) bathroom facilities
REQUIREMENTS:
1) the property to be assisted must be located within Dallas County
2) proof of home ownership of the applicant must be provided. The property to be assisted must be the homeowner's primary residence and a single family structure
3) property taxes and/or mortgage payments must be current and paid to date and there cannot be any mechanics liens on the property to be assisted
4) income limits of the household must fall at or below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) for Dallas County. Priority is given to households at 50% or less of the Area Median Income
PROGRAM ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES include:
1) Basic structural repairs: (a) exterior walls (b) roof and roof structure (c) foundation (d) floor joists and ceilings
2) Building systems: (a) electrical (b) plumbing (c) heating
3) Weatherization: (a) insulation (b) windows (c) siding
4) Handicap Accessibility: (a) exterior ramp (b) bathroom facilities
REQUIREMENTS:
1) the property to be assisted must be located within Dallas County
2) proof of home ownership of the applicant must be provided. The property to be assisted must be the homeowner's primary residence and a single family structure
3) property taxes and/or mortgage payments must be current and paid to date and there cannot be any mechanics liens on the property to be assisted
4) income limits of the household must fall at or below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) for Dallas County. Priority is given to households at 50% or less of the Area Median Income
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City government offices.
City government offices.
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Business and Industry Loan Guarantees are available for business and industrial development in rural areas to create and maintain employment, expand and to improve economic climate.
Community Facilities Direct and Guaranteed Loans and Grants are available for community service facilities in rural areas such as libraries, clinics, fire and rescue buildings and equipment, etc.
Cooperative Services helps rural residents form new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improve operations of existing cooperatives in rural areas.
Direct and Guaranteed Home Ownership provides loans to purchase or construct single family homes in rural areas for very low/low/moderate income households.
Direct Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants provide housing and related facilities in rural areas for domestic farm laborers.
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants provide for technology equipment and facilities for linking rural schools within regions, linking schools to other educational institutions, utilizing rural libraries as distance learning centers, linking rural hospitals and medical clinics to major medical centers, interactive video, and distance rural health training.
Energy Efficiency Improvements and Renewable Energy Systems provide grant assistance in development of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement projects. Renewable systems include wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. Energy efficiency improvements include energy improvements to business facility including insulation, windows, doors, HVAC, refrigeration, lighting, pumping/air/motor systems, etc.
Housing Preservation Grants offers funding to selected recipient organization to develop program to help repair individual housing, rental properties or coops in rural areas owned and/or occupied by very low and low-income households.
Intermediary Re-Lending Program provides loans to ultimate recipients for community development projects, establishment and expansion of businesses, and creating and/or saving jobs in rural areas.
Rural Cooperative Development Grants establish and operate cooperative development centers in rural areas primarily to improve economic conditions of rural areas via development of new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improving existing co-ops' operations.
Rural Business Development Grants are competitive grants designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues.
Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants provide for a wide range of rural economic development projects in rural areas such as business expansion and start-up, community development, etc.
Rural Home Repair Loans and Grants assist homeowners, occupying dwellings in rural areas, to complete necessary repairs to their homes.
Rural Housing Site Loans provide loans in rural areas to purchase land and develop sites for very low/low/moderate-income housing.
Solid Waste Management Grants are used to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.
Technical Assistance and Training Grants are used to identify and evaluate solutions to water and wastewater problems of associations in rural areas relating to water source, storage, treatment and distribution; and waste collection, treatment and disposal.
Value-Added Producer Grants help eligible producers of agricultural commodities in rural areas to develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities and develop strategies to create marketing opportunities in emerging markets.
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Business and Industry Loan Guarantees are available for business and industrial development in rural areas to create and maintain employment, expand and to improve economic climate.
Community Facilities Direct and Guaranteed Loans and Grants are available for community service facilities in rural areas such as libraries, clinics, fire and rescue buildings and equipment, etc.
Cooperative Services helps rural residents form new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improve operations of existing cooperatives in rural areas.
Direct and Guaranteed Home Ownership provides loans to purchase or construct single family homes in rural areas for very low/low/moderate income households.
Direct Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants provide housing and related facilities in rural areas for domestic farm laborers.
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants provide for technology equipment and facilities for linking rural schools within regions, linking schools to other educational institutions, utilizing rural libraries as distance learning centers, linking rural hospitals and medical clinics to major medical centers, interactive video, and distance rural health training.
Energy Efficiency Improvements and Renewable Energy Systems provide grant assistance in development of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement projects. Renewable systems include wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. Energy efficiency improvements include energy improvements to business facility including insulation, windows, doors, HVAC, refrigeration, lighting, pumping/air/motor systems, etc.
Housing Preservation Grants offers funding to selected recipient organization to develop program to help repair individual housing, rental properties or coops in rural areas owned and/or occupied by very low and low-income households.
Intermediary Re-Lending Program provides loans to ultimate recipients for community development projects, establishment and expansion of businesses, and creating and/or saving jobs in rural areas.
Rural Cooperative Development Grants establish and operate cooperative development centers in rural areas primarily to improve economic conditions of rural areas via development of new cooperatives and multiple owner businesses and improving existing co-ops' operations.
Rural Business Development Grants are competitive grants designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues.
Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants provide for a wide range of rural economic development projects in rural areas such as business expansion and start-up, community development, etc.
Rural Home Repair Loans and Grants assist homeowners, occupying dwellings in rural areas, to complete necessary repairs to their homes.
Rural Housing Site Loans provide loans in rural areas to purchase land and develop sites for very low/low/moderate-income housing.
Solid Waste Management Grants are used to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.
Technical Assistance and Training Grants are used to identify and evaluate solutions to water and wastewater problems of associations in rural areas relating to water source, storage, treatment and distribution; and waste collection, treatment and disposal.
Value-Added Producer Grants help eligible producers of agricultural commodities in rural areas to develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities and develop strategies to create marketing opportunities in emerging markets.
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Grant program to correct critical repairs that threaten the health, safety, and welfare of very-low income households.
Eligible repairs include:
- Heating systems (furnaces)
- Replacement of faulty water heaters
- Repair exterior water service lines
- Electrical problems with the electrical service on the exterior (outside) of homes
Grant program to correct critical repairs that threaten the health, safety, and welfare of very-low income households.
Eligible repairs include:
- Heating systems (furnaces)
- Replacement of faulty water heaters
- Repair exterior water service lines
- Electrical problems with the electrical service on the exterior (outside) of homes
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Offers programs to assist families and individuals in rural America with financing, mortgage payment assistance, and opportunities to buy, build, repair, or own safe and affordable homes.
Additionally, the service provides access to information about privately owned rental housing options available at below-market rates, including government-subsidized housing and low-income/subsidized private rental housing. These housing options may include units developed or improved with public funds, income-based rental housing, and fixed below-market rate rental housing, benefiting low-income households, older adults, people with disabilities, and other special populations.
Offers programs to assist families and individuals in rural America with financing, mortgage payment assistance, and opportunities to buy, build, repair, or own safe and affordable homes.
Additionally, the service provides access to information about privately owned rental housing options available at below-market rates, including government-subsidized housing and low-income/subsidized private rental housing. These housing options may include units developed or improved with public funds, income-based rental housing, and fixed below-market rate rental housing, benefiting low-income households, older adults, people with disabilities, and other special populations.
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Provides a Housing Rehabilitation and Weatherization Program (Housing Rehabilitation) to families with a household income at or below 80% of poverty guidelines.
Provides a Housing Rehabilitation and Weatherization Program (Housing Rehabilitation) to families with a household income at or below 80% of poverty guidelines.
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Minor repairs inside home, minor modifications for those within Omaha city limits. (Anything not structural)
Services may include:
- Installing handrails, door locks, and wide-range viewers
- Building wheelchair ramps (depends on slope and grade of property, property lines)
- Minor plumbing repairs - no electrical services
- Installing window locks
- Repairing screen and storm windows and doors
- Interior painting in winter or during bad weather
- Minor weather stripping and caulking
- Changing furnace filter, if filter provided
- Minor plaster or drywall repair
- Installing smoke detectors
- Stairway repair
Minor repairs inside home, minor modifications for those within Omaha city limits. (Anything not structural)
Services may include:
- Installing handrails, door locks, and wide-range viewers
- Building wheelchair ramps (depends on slope and grade of property, property lines)
- Minor plumbing repairs - no electrical services
- Installing window locks
- Repairing screen and storm windows and doors
- Interior painting in winter or during bad weather
- Minor weather stripping and caulking
- Changing furnace filter, if filter provided
- Minor plaster or drywall repair
- Installing smoke detectors
- Stairway repair
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Assistance with home purchase down payments, closing cost payment, purchase, rehabilitation and resell of homes, and new construction.
NeighborWorks is also a packager for USDA-D home loans.
Assistance with home purchase down payments, closing cost payment, purchase, rehabilitation and resell of homes, and new construction.
NeighborWorks is also a packager for USDA-D home loans.
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Offers exterior home repairs to homeowners that meet income guidelines, who are unable to make the repairs on their own. Assists with minor improvements like painting, landscaping, exterior door replacements, accessibility improvements, and weatherization of the home and neighborhood beautification. Material costs are covered by no interest loans to the homeowner.
Offers exterior home repairs to homeowners that meet income guidelines, who are unable to make the repairs on their own. Assists with minor improvements like painting, landscaping, exterior door replacements, accessibility improvements, and weatherization of the home and neighborhood beautification. Material costs are covered by no interest loans to the homeowner.
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Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.
Programs available:
- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.
- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.
- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.
- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.
Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.
Programs available:
- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.
- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.
- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.
- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.
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Repairs vary from painting and trash removal to minor repairs such as electrical or plumbing work. Smoke detectors and new locks may be installed. Home modifications and accessibility needs given priority. The repairs must be able to be completed in one day; no major structural repairs and no tree removal.
Yard cleanup is offered by a group of volunteers, a couple of times throughout the summer months (will NOT help with tree removals, tree limbs/branches removals from dead or dying trees, mowing yards or snow removal).
Volunteer Opportunities are available as Rebuilding Together relies on donations of time, money, material and volunteers both skilled and unskilled to help with repairs.
Repairs vary from painting and trash removal to minor repairs such as electrical or plumbing work. Smoke detectors and new locks may be installed. Home modifications and accessibility needs given priority. The repairs must be able to be completed in one day; no major structural repairs and no tree removal.
Yard cleanup is offered by a group of volunteers, a couple of times throughout the summer months (will NOT help with tree removals, tree limbs/branches removals from dead or dying trees, mowing yards or snow removal).
Volunteer Opportunities are available as Rebuilding Together relies on donations of time, money, material and volunteers both skilled and unskilled to help with repairs.
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Provides zero interest loans for replacements or repairs to roofs, gutters, windows, sidewalks and other concrete, furnaces, hot water heaters, and air conditioners. Some electrical and plumbing work can be provided. Work is completed by licensed contractors.
Program does NOT provide landscaping or tree removal.
Provides zero interest loans for replacements or repairs to roofs, gutters, windows, sidewalks and other concrete, furnaces, hot water heaters, and air conditioners. Some electrical and plumbing work can be provided. Work is completed by licensed contractors.
Program does NOT provide landscaping or tree removal.
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Offers affordable home repair services for low-income homeowners, allowing them to get work done now and pay for it later - sometimes years down the line. Homeowners are invited to apply for the program and are accepted based on their household income and assessed home value. Services may include exterior repairs (such as roofs and siding), critical home repair (such as furnaces and water heaters), weatherization (such as windows and insulation), and accessibility (such as ramps, grab bars, and bath modifications).
Offers affordable home repair services for low-income homeowners, allowing them to get work done now and pay for it later - sometimes years down the line. Homeowners are invited to apply for the program and are accepted based on their household income and assessed home value. Services may include exterior repairs (such as roofs and siding), critical home repair (such as furnaces and water heaters), weatherization (such as windows and insulation), and accessibility (such as ramps, grab bars, and bath modifications).
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