DHCR Grants Will Help Seniors Repair Dangerous Conditions in Their Homes

ALBANY, NY (12/22/2008)(readMedia)-- The state Division of Housing and Community Renewal has announced $3 million in grants from the Residential Emergency Service to Offer Repairs to the Elderly (RESTORE) program which provides assistance to elderly residents who need but cannot afford to make emergency repairs to their homes.

DHCR Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen said "We have unfortunately seen instances in which low-income seniors cannot make immediate repairs to hazardous conditions in their home. The RESTORE program helps to eliminate those threats to health and safety and allow effected senior citizens to live independently and safely in their own homes."

The 28 RESTORE grants are part of an unprecedented second funding round administered by DHCR this year, which provided $37 million under a variety of programs designed to build and improve affordable housing in New York State. In addition to RESTORE grants, funding was also available for the Low-Income Housing Trust Fund program, the Urban Initiatives program and the Rural Area Revitalization Projects Program.

RESTORE grants are used to address a wide variety of problems, including frozen or broken water pipes, failed septic systems, leaking roofs, inoperable furnaces, leaking gas lines and flooding.

Grants are provided to not-for-profit corporations and municipalities in every part of the state. Up to $7,500 can be provided for repairs to one- to four-unit buildings owned and occupied by low-income elderly homeowners."

The grants, by region, include:

Western New York

Andover Historic Preservation Corp. Allegany & Steuben Co. $125,000

Genesee Valley Rural Preservation Council, Inc Genesee Co. $125,000

Genesee Valley Rural Preservation Council, Inc Livingston Co. $125,000

Keuka Housing Council, Inc. Yates Co. $125,000

Niagara Community Action Program, Inc. Niagara Co. $30,000

Orleans Community Action Committee, Inc Orleans Co. $90,000

Rural Housing Opportunities Corporation Genesee Co. $125,000

Seneca Housing, Inc Seneca Co. $125,000

West Side Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. Erie Co. $120,000

Central New York

Greater Mohawk Valley Community

& Elderwellness Council, Inc. Oneida Co. $75,000

Onondaga County Community Development Onondaga Co. $125,000

Oswego Housing Development Council, Inc. Oswego Co. $125,000

Snow Belt Housing Company, Inc. Lewis Co. $125,000

Stoneleigh Housing, Inc. Madison Co. $75,000

Tioga Opportunities Program, Inc. Tioga Co. $125,000

North Country

City of Ogdensburg St. Lawrence Co. $125,000

ComLinks, Inc. Franklin Co. $96,750

Housing Assistance Program

of Essex County, Inc. Essex Co. $50,000

Capital District

South End Improvement Corp. Albany Co. $75,000

Housing Resources of Columbia County, Inc. Columbia Co. $75,000

Rivercrest Development Corporation Montgomery Co. $125,000

Shelters of Saratoga, Inc. Saratoga Co. $108,000

Umbrella of the Capital District, Inc. Schenectady Co. $125,000

Hudson

City of Yonkers Westchester Co. $125,000

Rural Sullivan Housing Corporation Sullivan Co. $75,000

Shandaken Revitalization Rural Pres. Council, Inc. Ulster Co. $125,000

The Preservation Company, Inc. Dutchess, Putnam

& Westchester Co. $125,000

Downstate

Town of Hempstead Nassau Co. $125,000