General Minor Home Repair Programs
Home Building Program at Habitat for Humanity Greater Watertown Region
Watertown Site
New Home Construction Program at Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity
New Home Construction at Brookings - 9th Street
BAHFH offers an opportunity of homeownership to families that otherwise couldn't afford to purchase one on their own. Applicants must have a need for better housing, the ability to pay an affordable mortgage and willingness to partner with Habitat for Humanity through our "sweat equity" program.
Habitat provides homeowners with financial and homeownership counseling, opportunites to work on their own home, and homeownership with a payment they can afford.
Neighborhood Revitalization Program at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls
Neighborhood Revitalization at Sioux Falls Site
Income eligible homeowners may receive assistance from Habitat and their volunteers on projects including:
- Limited in-home repairs for safety modifications including installing non-skid strips in bathtub or stairs, grab bars and handrails
- Exterior painting
- Minor exterior home repairs
Housing Division Program at City of Sioux Falls Planning and Development Services
Housing Division at Sioux Falls - N. Dakota Avenue
This office oversees:
- Safety and Home Grant Program - Provides up to $5,000 grants to income eligible homeowners for qualifying health and safety repair projects (including sidewalk repair). These funds do not need to be repaid, but are limited. Click here for details, eligibility requirements and online application.
- Rental Rehabilitation Program - Up to $30,000 per rental unit;$100,000 maximum per project, depending on equity. Funds may be used to replace roofs, siding, insulation, exterior painting or installing energy efficient windows and doors. Funding may also be used for interior updates.
- Single Family Housing Rehabilitation Program - provides financial and technical assistance for housing rehabilitation needs including but not limited to roofs, doors, stairs, painting, insulation, handicap accessibility, windows, electrical, plumbing and furnace replacements. Maintenance repairs are not included in this program.
- Emergency Mobile Home Repair Program - provides up to $5,000 to help pay for emergency repairs. Maintenance repairs are not included in this program.
- Neighborhood Revitalization Program - designed to remove dilapidated housing structures which are unsafe, and replace with new affordable housing options. New, owner-occupied residential structures constructed and eligible for income qualified households to purchase.
Loan payments are only required when the home is sold or is no longer the primary residence.
Home Building/Restoration and Help Build It Center Program at Hub Area Habitat for Humanity
Aberdeen Site
Builds homes for people in need: Habitat for Humanity builds houses in partnership with volunteers and people in need and then sells the homes to those people in need, known as partner families. Partner families are selected by Habitat based on: their need for housing;their willingness to partner with Habitat;and the ability to pay a 0% interest mortgage.
Assists in restoration on exterior of existing homes for people in need: Volunteers (including youth groups), are organized and recruited by Hub Area Habitat for Humanity to assist with the following projects for income eligible homeowners including: Exterior painting or siding, Minor exterior home repairs, or Yard work including: weeding, trimming shrubbery, raking leaves (yard rehabilitation, not lawn mowing). This does not include tree trimming of taking down a tree.
Help Build It Center: a store where items can be donated and purchased at discounted prices. Items consist of: light fixtures, bathroom fixtures, furniture, appliances, carpet, wood and tile flooring, windows and doors, paints and stains and other miscellaneous home goods.
Affordable Housing Assistance Program at Homes Are Possible, Inc.
Aberdeen Site
HAPI's purpose is to facilitate very low to moderate income households in securing and/or refurbishing good quality, affordable housing.
Provides no-cost Home Buyer Education classes, closing cost assistance, home repair/rehabilitation grants, and builds a variety of houses in the moderate income price range.