Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program

How it works

Pinal County’s Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation (OOHR) Program helps existing low-income homeowners repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct the home they live in. The county says rehabilitation includes alteration, improvement, or modification of an existing structure, and the program’s focus is on correcting code violations and addressing health and safety issues.

The county says the assistance is funded with HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Program, and other available grant funds. Depending on the amount of work required, assistance may be structured as either a grant or a forgivable loan.

What the money covers

The public FAQ states the program covers rehabilitation or reconstruction of owner-occupied housing. Concrete examples of eligible rehabilitation work include:

• Repair of unsafe or hazardous living conditions on an existing housing structure
• Rebuilding, on the same lot, of housing that is standing at the time the project is committed
• Rebuilding housing destroyed by a disaster on the same lot, if HOME funds are committed within 12 months of the date of destruction
• Replacement of an existing substandard manufactured housing unit with a new standard manufactured housing unit

The county also says standalone work such as weatherization, emergency repairs, or ADA accommodations may be included when they are undertaken together with overall rehabilitation of the housing unit.

Amounts and matching

• No public dollar cap is stated on the FAQ page.
• No match requirement is stated.
• The amount of work required determines whether the assistance is a grant or a forgivable loan.
• Forgivable loans do not have to be repaid unless the homeowner sells the home within the recapture period.
• The forgivable loan requires a lien on the home for a specified period of time.

How to apply

To submit an application, the county says applicants must register on the Pinal County, AZ Participant Portal. The FAQ also directs homeowners to the owner-occupied housing rehabilitation program page for assistance.

Timing and deadlines

The FAQ does not state an opening date, closing date, or other public funding deadline for homeowner applications.