[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Bishop Sheen home repair & modification grants

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Teri Reinemann <flicadv at hotmail.com>
> Date: December 6, 2010 1:55:35 PM EST
> To: HSC ListServe <tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Bishop Sheen home repair & modification grants
> Reply-To: Teri Reinemann <flicadv at hotmail.com>
>
>
> Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Foundation, Inc. has asked for assistance in  
> getting the word out about home repair and accessibility  
> modification programs available to residents of Tompkins County. For  
> more information, contact Sheen Housing at 585-657-4114 or email sheen2 at rochester.rr.com 
> .
>
> The HOME Grant: This grant is for all ages. It involves the entire  
> home, inside and out. There are inspections and the work is put out  
> to bid to contractors on an approved Contractor’s list. The process  
> is quite lengthy but well worth the time. The homeowner rarely needs  
> to pay anything toward this grant.
> The following list shows the gross annual income limits per number  
> of people in the household in Tompkins County at this time (12/10)  
> for the HOME grant:
> 1                     $24,900
> 2                     $28,450
> 3                     $32,000
> 4                     $35,550
> 5                     $38,400
> 6                     $41,250
> 7                     $44,100
> 8                     $46,950
>
> Access to Home Grant: This grant assists frail elderly and people  
> with disabilities with modifications to their homes. This includes  
> both exterior and interior modifications, e.g. installation of  
> ramps, lifts, handrails, expanded doorways for wheelchairs or  
> walkers. Adaptive modifications to kitchens and bathrooms are also  
> available.
> The following list shows the gross annual income limits per number  
> of people in the household in Tompkins County at this time (12/10)  
> for the Access to Home grant:
> 1                     $29,880
> 2                     $34,140
> 3                     $38,400
> 4                     $42,660
> 5                     $46,080
> 6                     $49,500
> 7                     $52,590
> 8                     $56,340
>
> The Affordable Housing Corporation grant is for all ages and is a  
> 60%/40% grant. Bishop Sheen pays 60% of the cost of one major  
> repair. The homeowner or another agency is responsible for paying  
> the 40%.
> The following list shows the gross annual income limits per number  
> of people in the household in Tompkins County at this time (12/10)  
> for the Affordable Housing Corporation grant:
> 1                     $39,850
> 2                     $45,550
> 3                     $51,250
> 4                     $56,900
> 5                     $61,500
> 6                     $66,050
> 7                     $70,600
> 8                     $75,150
>
> All of the grants are for owner occupied single family homes.
> Sheen can assist people in mobile homes with the Affordable Housing  
> Corporation grant as long as they own the property the mobile home  
> is on.
> Sheen can assist people in mobile homes with the Access to Home  
> grant even if they do not own the property the mobile home is on.
> All grants are distributed on a first come, first serve basis.
> See www.sheenhousing.org
>
>
>
> Teri Reinemann
> Systems Advocate
> flicadv at hotmail.com
>
> Finger Lakes Independence Center
> 215 Fifth Street
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607-272-2433
> www.fliconline.org
>
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