Habitat for Humanity Offers Home Repair Help

Leaky roof? Drafty windows? Habitat can help.

Are you or someone you know in need of home repairs but can’t afford the material and labor costs? If so, Habitat for Humanity may be able to give you a hand up.

Habitat for Humanity partners with low-income homeowners who live in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park to make exterior and interior home repairs that alleviate critical health, life and safety issues or housing code violations. Habitat’s three home repair programs include Critical Home Repair, Home Preservation and Weatherization.

Critical Home Repair and Critical Home Repair for Veterans
Through our Critical Home Repair program, critical systems that impact health and safety are repaired, replaced or built for families who could not otherwise afford to accomplish these tasks. Critical home repairs include the repair or replacement of major home systems including roofing, siding, windows, heating and air conditioning, plumbing or electrical systems, or providing accessibility accommodations such as wheelchair ramps.

Home Preservation
Habitat for Humanity’s Home Preservation program focuses on exterior repairs including the replacement and repair of trim, gutters, soffit, fascia, siding, handrails, fences, stoops, landscaping and other surfaces.

Weatherization
Weatherization aims to reduce energy costs for low-income homeowners by sealing drafty windows and doors, installing insulation, insulating or repairing pipes and air ducts and installing programmable thermostats. There may even be a need to repair or replace the heating and cooling systems or replace inefficient appliances. Cost savings in utility consumption is in line with Habitat’s mission of helping people achieve affordable homeownership.

Do you qualify for Home Repairs?

? Do you live in Prince William County, Manassas or Manassas Park?
? Do you own your home or are you currently making mortgage payments?
? Do you earn less than 60% of the area median income based on your family size?
? If applying for repairs for a veteran, do you earn less than 80% of the area median income based on your family size?
? Can you demonstrate a challenging circumstance such as disability, illness, or age that prevents you from making the repairs?
? Does your income prevent you from making necessary repairs?

Apply
If you answered yes to the questions above and would like to apply for any of our Home Repair programs, please fill out the Home Repair Interest Form at habitatpwc.org. Once you have completed the interest form you will be contacted with more information about the program and mailed an application. For more information, please call 703-369-6708 or visit habitatpwc.org.

Habitat for Humanity of Prince William County, Manassas & Manassas Park is a nonprofit, locally operated affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Since 1994 we have partnered with families, businesses and volunteers to make safe, affordable and decent homeownership a reality in our community. We have built, rehabbed and repaired more than 100 homes, making a difference in the lives of many residents right here in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. We are dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. For more information: habitatpwc.org; facebook.com/habitatpwc; [email protected].