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HOUSTON<\/strong> – The City of Houston is launching two major housing programs to help people still recovering from the 2021 winter freeze and Hurricane Harvey.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The Single Family Home Repair Program<\/a> is to help low-income victims of the 2021 winter freeze. The City of Houston has secured over $50 million in funding from HUD, with more than $40 million to be used to help repair and rebuild damaged homes.<\/p>\n There is up to $10,000 for out-of-pocket repairs, with priority given to low-income elderly and disabled people, followed by households at or below 80% of the Area Median Income, then those at or below 120% of the AMI.<\/p>\n SUGGESTED: <\/strong>$1.3 billion shortfall leads to Harris County Commissioners choosing flood projects to finish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n There is also up to $100,000 available for home rehabilitation and up to $300,000 for home reconstruction, again first for the elderly and disabled applicants, then for other households also at or below 80% of the AMI.<\/p>\n The City is also launching the $19 million Harvey Homebuyer Assistance Program 2.0<\/a>. Low-income, first-time homebuyers or those who lost homes in Hurricane Harvey can receive up to $125,000 in down payment assistance and closing costs.<\/p>\n Get news, weather and so much more on the new FOX LOCAL app<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n To qualify, applicants must live at or below 120% of the AMI, have lived in Houston on August 25, 2017, be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident, complete homebuyer education, and qualify for a mortgage.<\/p>\n This is a no-interest, forgivable loan if you live in the house for a time-length based on the amount you receive.<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n To learn more, applicants can attend the Stepping into Homeownership Resource Fair on Saturday, July 12, from 10 am to 12 pm at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center.<\/p>\n Or you can call during Virtual Community Hours on Wednesdays between 1 and 4 p.m. Applicants can call these three phone numbers: 832-394-6912, 832-394-6227, or 832-394-6126.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this article is from the City of Houston.<\/p>\n Sullivan’s Smart Sense<\/a>Consumer<\/a>News<\/a>Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON – The City of Houston is launching two major housing programs to help people still recovering from…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[2436,4345,50,6166,33947,358,3187,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-43351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-consumer","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-series","12":"tag-smart-sense","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114806305718188686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}