Charleston Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program (CORP)

How it works

The City of Charleston says the Charleston Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program (CORP) is funded through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and provides assistance and incentive to income-qualified owner-occupants to keep homes in good repair and in compliance with Charleston City Code and HUD’s Section 8 Existing House Code. The city says it provides funding and general contractors to complete needed repairs.

What the money covers

The city describes the work as corrective construction work needed to repair the home. The page does not list every eligible material or trade, but it clearly frames the work as home rehabilitation/repair rather than purchase assistance.

Amounts and matching

The city’s MOECD page says CORP currently provides up to a $20,000 loan. The city page also explains that very low- or low-income households, defined there as 50% or below median income, have loans processed as forgivable loans, while low- to moderate-income households at 51% to 80% of median income receive repayment loans.

How it applies to hardening

The official page does not label it as wildfire, flood, or storm hardening, but repairs that improve code compliance and structural condition can overlap with disaster resilience.

Timing and deadlines

The page indicates the program is active, but no closing date or funding exhaustion notice is stated on the page reviewed.