Title
Housing Repair Programs Update - Citywide
Description
This report provides the Community Services and Education Subcommittee an overview of the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department's Housing Repair Programs.
THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION.
Report
Summary
The Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) manages Housing Repair Programs that provide financial assistance to eligible homeowners citywide to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing occupied by low- and moderate-income individuals and families.
These programs provide a benefit by removing health and/or safety hazards, stabilizing critical home systems, and increasing energy efficiency.
Services offered through the Housing Repair Programs and are funded through federal, state, and local grant funds, as described below.
- Owner-Occupied Housing Rehab Program (OOHR) - Stabilizes or replaces critical home systems such as electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing. Funding comes from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership entitlement grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
- Hardship Assistance Program - Brings single family properties into compliance with City codes by fixing exterior violations such as dead trees, broken fences, and façade deterioration. This is a sub-program of OOHR and is also funded by CDBG.
- Weatherization Assistance Program - Assesses a home's energy efficiency for opportunities to reduce the energy consumption and cost of heating and cooling homes and operating appliances. This program is funded by Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, State of Arizona, Salt River Project (SRP), Arizona Public Service (APS), and SW (Southwest) Gas.
- Lead Safe Phoenix Program - Remediates and/or abates lead-based paint hazards in homes built before 1978 and are occupied by children under the age of six and/or pregnant women. During Fiscal Year 2024-25, this program was funded by Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes funds from HUD.
- Rental Rehab Program - Provides funds to improve multi-family residential properties primarily serving tenants with low- and moderate-income in strategic target areas across the City. This program is administered as part of the Housing Phoenix Plan and funded by CDBG program income, when available.
Interested residents are encouraged to learn more and complete a household assessment online at phoenix.gov/NSD or by contacting NSD at (602) 534-4444, option #3.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Neighborhood Services Department.