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Housing Rehabilitation Programs - Semcac Community Action Agency - Austin

MN Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program: helps low-income homeowners make their homes more livable, accessible, and energy-efficient. Eligible improvements include plumbing, electrical wiring, roofing, heating, accessibility improvements, and remedy of any defect preventing the structure from meeting code requirements. Loan places a 15-year mortgage on the property and is forgivable after 15 years only if it remained the owner's principal place of residence. Includes mobile homes in a mobile home park, with a 10 year term. MN Housing Accessibility/Emergency Loan Program: assists homeowners needing emergency assistance and/or essential accessibility improvements to their home. Guidelines and terms for this loan program are the same as for Rehab Loan Program.

Last assured

04/02/2024

Physical Address

111 North Main, Suite 201, Austin, MN 55912

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

Fax

(507)864-2440

Application process

Call or check website for a list of participating lenders statewide who will assist with the application process.

Fee

Fixed interest rates

Required documents

Vary with specific program

Eligibility

Low-income homeowners who are residents of Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Steele, and Winona counties

Service area

Dodge County, MN
Fillmore County, MN
Freeborn County, MN
Houston County, MN
Mower County, MN
Steele County, MN
Winona County, MN

Agency info

Semcac Community Action Agency - Austin

Provides emergency assistance to people in crisis; addresses the causes of poverty through programs that fight unemployment, inadequate housing, poor nutrition, and lack of educational opportunities

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