Community Housing Impact & Preservation Program (CHIP) — Owner Home Repair Program

How it works

Huron County is preparing a 2025 CHIP application for countywide home repair help in partnership with the cities of Norwalk and Willard. The owner home repair track is meant to fix one system at a time when the condition is unsafe or substandard.

The county states that assistance is provided as a grant to the eligible homeowner. Applications are handled on a first come, first serve basis.

What the money covers

The county says home repair typically addresses one system and can repair or replace unsafe or substandard conditions. The county’s CHIP brochure and public hearing materials list examples including:

• roof
• siding
• windows
• plumbing
• electrical system work
• furnace
• water heater
• insulation
• ADA modifications

Amounts and matching

The county’s 2025 funding request included $315,000 in CDBG funds for the owner home repair track, with the state potentially supplementing with Ohio Housing Trust Funds.

The public materials do not state a single per-home maximum for the 2025 program. Older county CHIP material showed a minimum assistance amount of $250 and an average maximum of $8,000, but that was from an older program summary and is not clearly stated as the current 2025 limit, so it is not used here.

How to apply

The June 2025 county hearing states that the Huron County Commissioners share administration duties with Great Lakes Community Action Partnership, which implements the project.

Timing and deadlines

The 2025 application was due to the Ohio Department of Development Office of Community Enhancements by 2025-06-25. The hearing notes say CHIP funding is competitive and not guaranteed.