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Community Facilities
Housing
Technical Assistance For Self-Help Housing Program
Provides grants to eligible entities to finance programs of technical and
supervisory assistance for the development of mutual self-help housing.
Mutual Self-Help Housing is a construction method by which participants
organized in groups of 6-10 families and /or individuals, utilize their own
labor to reduce the total construction costs of their homes. Construction
work is completed on homes by an exchange of labor with one another.
Financing for the materials and skilled labor which needs to be hired is
generally provided through the agency's Direct Homeownership Loan program.
Eligibility:
- Eligible applicants are public bodies and public or private non-profit
corporations.
Loan Terms and Conditions:
- The applicant must show that self-help housing is needed in the area and
that services and equipment to be paid for with grant funds cannot be
financed through other sources.
- The grant period will generally not exceed 24 months.
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