Auglaize County Community Housing Impact & Preservation (CHIP) Program

How it works

Auglaize County’s Community Housing Impact & Preservation (CHIP) program is a housing rehab and home repair program administered through the county commissioners. The county’s CHIP materials say there are two main assistance types: private owner rehabilitation and home repair. The pre-application says the first step is a basic eligibility review; if funding is available, the property gets an initial inspection, and then the homeowner completes a fuller application with supporting documents.

What the money covers

The county’s CHIP materials list covered work that overlaps with home hardening and disaster resilience, including roof repairs and replacements, siding, windows, foundations, gutters, electrical upgrades, plumbing, furnaces, water heaters, insulation, doors, accessibility improvements, septic and well systems, and lead-based paint reduction. Home repair assistance materials also mention water/sewer hook-ups and hazardous electrical updates.

Amounts and matching

The county’s posted material does not give a single fixed dollar cap. It says funding amounts are determined by housing needs assessed by the rehabilitation specialist at inspection. One county CHIP document says home repair assistance is a grant with no payment required. Another says private owner rehabilitation assistance is a declining/forgivable loan with no monthly payments, no interest, and 100% forgiven over five years.

How to apply

The county says interested homeowners should use the CHIP pre-application. The pre-application collects homeowner contact information, the property address, and gross annual household income, and it may place the homeowner on a waiting list depending on funding.

Timing and deadlines

The county materials do not state a current opening or closing date. The pre-application warns that funding is limited and applicants should apply soon.