Assistance Programs - Austin Housing and Redevelopment Authority

Provides home improvement loan assistance and other loan programs including:

- Child Care Loan Program: Provides a forgivable loan towards actual expenses relating to the cost of opening a child care business in the Mower County, up to $2,000 per licensed child care provider

- Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP): Provides low-interest loans to income eligible, owner occupied homes for property improvements.

- Tax Abatement program: Provides up to 5 years of tax abatement for Mower County portion of property taxes on qualifying housing units. Eligible units of housing include a single-family house or multi-family complexes. A house may be new construction, modular, or manufactured, provided it is on a permanent foundation and is valued and assessed as real property for property tax purposes.