Ohioans get Help with Home Repairs
Twenty-two local organizations received grants to help low-income Ohioans complete home repairs and provide homebuyer counseling. The Ohio Development Services Agency granted approximately $4.57 million to support health and safety home repairs, improve handicapped accessibility and provide down payment assistance and homebuyer counseling.
Local organizations use the Housing Assistance Grant Program to help Ohioans at or below 50 percent of the area median income with emergency home repairs and Ohioans at or below 65 percent of the area median income with down payment assistance or homebuyer counseling. The program is funded by the Ohio Housing Trust Fund.
Local agencies receiving grants are:
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Counties Served |
| Area Agency on Aging 11 | $166,800 | Trumbull |
| Area Agency on Aging, District 7 | $282,520 | Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton |
| Area Agency on Aging, Region 9 | $128,000 | Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum, and Tuscarawas |
| Buckeye Hills Regional Council | $403,600 | Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry and Washington |
| CAC of Portage County | $168,000 | Portage and Trumbull |
| Catholic Charities Housing Opportunities | $75,000 | Ashtabula, Columbiana, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, and Trumbull |
| Clermont Senior Services | $100,000 | Clermont |
| Cleveland Housing Network | $120,000 | Cuyahoga |
| Community Action Commission of Erie, Huron and Richland Counties | $112,000 | Erie, Huron, and Richland |
| Community Action Commission of Fayette County | $137,900 | Fayette, Greene, Highland, Clinton, Madison and Ross |
| Community Action Organization of Delaware, Madison, and Union Counties | $300,000 | Champaign, Delaware, Logan, Madison, Shelby and Union |
| Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield County Area | $140,400 | Fairfield |
| Community Housing Solutions | $300,900 | Cuyahoga |
| Economic and Community Development Institute | $240,000 | Franklin |
| Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency | $80,720 | Gallia and Meigs |
| Hocking, Athens, Perry Community Action Partnership | $156,960 | Athens, Hocking, and Perry |
| Interfaith Home Maintenance Service | $400,000 | Mahoning |
| Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield | $104,000 | Clark |
| Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging | $640,000 | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca, and Wyandot |
| Rebuilding Together Central Ohio | $200,000 | Franklin |
| The Ability Center of Greater Toledo | $160,000 | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Williams, and Wood |
| Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging | $160,000 | Medina, Geauga, and Lake |
