Greater Houston resource guide
Home safety focuses on changes and practices that reduce risks in everyday living spaces.
Houston Habitat for Humanity's Critical Home Repair Program works to ensure homes are safe and resilient, so owners can remain in their homes and age in place for years to come. Houston Habitat's home repair coverage notes the Critical Home Repair Program addresses roof and plumbing repairs.
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Harris County offers multiple options for residents through its home repair programs, listed in Own the Hou's homeowner resource list alongside the City of Houston's home repair programs and nonprofit repair providers.
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Free home repair programs for qualified Houston-area homeowners covering roof repairs, structural stabilization, exterior repairs, interior modifications and safety upgrades, window AC/heater units and box fans (Extreme HEAT), and free accessibility ramps — with repairs prioritized to return the home to a safe and livable condition. All repairs are at no cost to the homeowner, per the source page.
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The In-Home and Family Support program provides direct grant benefits to people with physical disabilities and/or their families to choose and purchase services that help them to remain living in their own homes. Services include respite care, attendant and homemaker services, and the purchase or lease of special equipment or architectural modifications of a home to facilitate care, treatment, therapy or general living conditions of a person with a disability.
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The Single-Family Home Repair Program evaluates damaged homes and helps make repairs needed to protect a homeowner's life, health, and safety. In cases where homes are severely damaged, the program will reconstruct homes for homeowners.
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BakerRipley's federally funded Weatherization Assistance Program improves a home to make it safer in extreme weather and to reduce energy use, including upgrading insulation, sealing drafts, HVAC duct sealing, exhaust fans, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. When residents apply for weatherization, they also apply for utility assistance.
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