Home Repairs

State Emergency Relief assists with home repairs to correct unsafe conditions and restore essential services. Eligible dwelling repairs may include repair or replacement of a non-performance furnace, hot h2o heaters or septic systems. Check eligibility and apply online using MI Bridges

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Home Repairs Offered
Payments are made only if the repair(s) is essential to remove a direct threat to health or safety or is required by police force or a mobile domicile park regulation. The repair(s) must restore the home to a safe, livable condition. This does non pay for improvements or nonessential repairs. In add-on, the requirements listed below must exist met.

Energy-Related Furnace Repairs: Repairs are bachelor with a lifetime maximum of $4,000 per family group. All energy-related repairs approved since 1/ane/1978 count toward this maximum.

Not-Energy-Related Repairs: All home repairs, except furnace repair or replacement, including hot water heaters and septic systems for client-endemic housing, have a lifetime maximum of $1,500 per family grouping. All non-energy-related repairs approved since 12/ane/1991 count toward this maximum.


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Requirements
To receive home repairs, the post-obit atmospheric condition must exist met:

  • Applicant must be the owner or purchaser of the dwelling house, or hold a life estate or life lease on the dwelling with the responsibility for home repairs.
  • The habitation is the bidder'south permanent, usual residence.
  • The domicile is not listed for sale.
  • The domicile is not in jeopardy of loss. Repairs will be denied if there is a house payment or property taxation arrearage, unless a workable plan exists for paying the arrearage.
  • The ongoing toll of maintaining the home is affordable to the applicant (full housing costs cannot exceed 75 percentage of the group's net income).