In Need Of Home Repairs?
The City of Virginia Beach Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation offers assistance to income qualified owner-occupants with repairs to their home. Funds are available to residents of Virginia Beach whose household’s total gross annual income does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Funds are provided in the form of a no-interest deferred loan, to be secured by a Deed of Trust for the cost of the repairs. No payments are made as long as the property remains owner-occupied by the applicant, and no interest is accumulating because no interest is being charged. Funds get paid back to the City of Virginia Beach at the time of the owner(s) death, or upon the owner(s) vacating, selling or transferring the deeded property (property must remain the primary residence of the applicants).
Eligible repairs include the correction of all code violations, energy improvements (i.e. new roof, windows & doors, and heating and cooling system), vinyl siding, and if there is a disabled person in the household, handicapped accessible improvements.
For more information about this home repair program, please call the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation at 385-5750.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands is a program sponsored by Virginia Beach Clean Community Commission that provides one time assistance to residents who are elderly or disabled and of modest financial means. The project is soliciting nominations for consideration for this summer's session. Projects are completed by volunteers and use donated materials to clean up exteriors of properties. The projects are also an excellent opportunity for civic leagues to participate in an event to help a neighbor. For more information or to obtain a nomination form, check out the web site at www.vbgov.com/vbclean or by calling 385.4104.
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