Huntington County Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Grant

How it works

Huntington County announced an Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Grant using funding from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). The county said the program is meant to help low- and moderate-income homeowners with needed home repairs, and that applications were being accepted for the 2025 round.

What the money covers

The county’s public notice says the grant can help with home repairs, and specifically mentions:

• heat system repairs
• roofing repairs
• ADA-compliant ramps

The release does not give a complete list of eligible repair types, and it does not state whether work is reimbursed after completion or paid upfront to contractors.

Amounts and matching

The county announced receiving a $500,000 grant from OCRA. A prior county meeting record also references an Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Grant of up to $60,000 if the county receives the grant funding, but the public notice itself does not explain how that figure is applied to individual homes.

How to apply

The county notice says homeowners had to submit an application by email or mail to Region 3-A, Attn: Dave Gee, in Kendallville, Indiana. The notice also says the application had to be submitted by the stated deadline.

Timing and deadlines

The notice was dated April 9, 2025, and says applications were due May 2, 2025. No open-ended ongoing application window is stated on the official notice provided.

What a homeowner should know

This is a general home-repair rehabilitation program, not a disaster-hardening program specifically targeted to wildfire, wind, hail, earthquake, or flood. It may still help with structural repairs that improve resilience, but the official notice does not say the funds are reserved for home hardening work.