Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation and Small Home Repair funds are available to residents in the cities of Hubbard, Niles and Girard

The City of Hubbard, along with the City of Niles and the City of Girard have been awarded monies for Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation and Home Repair Programs through the State of Ohio’s Community Housing Improvement and Preservation Program (CHIP).

The program’s purpose is to help homeowners rehabilitate and repair their homes.

These funds assist homeowners in making their homes safe, sound and secure.

Neighborhood Development Services will administer the program for each community. The grant is expected to fund the rehabilitation of several homes with both large and small repairs. To be eligible for the program residents must own and occupy their home, and meet income eligibility requirements set by the state. Homeowners accepted into the program are eligible to receive a new furnace, electrical upgrades, roof repairs and more.

Applications are currently being accepted at Neighborhood Development Services. Homeowners interested in applying for the program should contact Debbi in the Hubbard Mayor’s Office at 330-534-3090 or stop by for an application.  Eligible residents can also apply for funds by contacting the Ravenna-based Neighborhood Development Services at 330-297-6400, Ext. 248.

About Neighborhood Development Services

Neighborhood Development Services (NDS) serves Portage and other northeastern communities in Ohio. The mission of NDS, a NeighborWorks^® organization, is to revitalize neighborhoods and communities, primarily for the benefit of low and moderate income-income households, through the provision and /or promotion of affordable housing, environmental sustainability, community and economic development, job-creation, and multi-discipline art as a community development catalyst. NDS’ programs include multi-family rental development, home repair programs, homebuyer education, down payment assistance, a daycare center, development of housing for elderly and for handicapped. For more information, visit www.ndsohio.org