Albany, NY- December 22, 2008 – (RealEstateRama) – The state Division of Housing and Community Renewal has announced $3 million in grants from the Residential Emergency Service to Offer Repairs to the Elderly (RESTORE) program which provides assistance to elderly residents who need but cannot afford to make emergency repairs to their homes.
DHCR Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen said “We have unfortunately seen instances in which low-income seniors cannot make immediate repairs to hazardous conditions in their home. The RESTORE program helps to eliminate those threats to health and safety and allow effected senior citizens to live independently and safely in their own homes.”
The 28 RESTORE grants are part of an unprecedented second funding round administered by DHCR this year, which provided $37 million under a variety of programs designed to build and improve affordable housing in New York State. In addition to RESTORE grants, funding was also available for the Low-Income Housing Trust Fund program, the Urban Initiatives program and the Rural Area Revitalization Projects Program.
RESTORE grants are used to address a wide variety of problems, including frozen or broken water pipes, failed septic systems, leaking roofs, inoperable furnaces, leaking gas lines and flooding.
Grants are provided to not-for-profit corporations and municipalities in every part of the state. Up to $7,500 can be provided for repairs to one- to four-unit buildings owned and occupied by low-income elderly homeowners.”
The grants, by region, include:
Western New York
| Andover Historic Preservation Corp. | Allegany & Steuben Co. | $125,000 |
| Genesee Valley Rural Preservation Council, Inc | Genesee Co. | $125,000 |
| Genesee Valley Rural Preservation Council, Inc | Livingston Co. | $125,000 |
| Keuka Housing Council, Inc. | Yates Co. | $125,000 |
| Niagara Community Action Program, Inc. | Niagara Co. | $30,000 |
| Orleans Community Action Committee, Inc | Orleans Co. | $90,000 |
| Rural Housing Opportunities Corporation | Genesee Co. | $125,000 |
| Seneca Housing, Inc | Seneca Co. | $125,000 |
| West Side Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. | Erie Co. | $120,000 |
Central New York
| Greater Mohawk Valley Community & Elderwellness Council, Inc. | Oneida Co. | $75,000 |
| Onondaga County Community Development | Onondaga Co. | $125,000 |
| Oswego Housing Development Council, Inc. | Oswego Co. | $125,000 |
| Snow Belt Housing Company, Inc. | Lewis Co. | $125,000 |
| Stoneleigh Housing, Inc. | Madison Co. | $75,000 |
| Tioga Opportunities Program, Inc. | Tioga Co. | $125,000 |
North Country
| City of Ogdensburg | St. Lawrence Co. | $125,000 |
| ComLinks, Inc. | Franklin Co. | $96,750 |
| Housing Assistance Program of Essex County, Inc. | Essex Co. | $50,000 |
Capital District
| South End Improvement Corp. | Albany Co. | $75,000 |
| Housing Resources of Columbia County, Inc. | Columbia Co. | $75,000 |
| Rivercrest Development Corporation | Montgomery Co. | $125,000 |
| Shelters of Saratoga, Inc. | Saratoga Co. | $108,000 |
| Umbrella of the Capital District, Inc. | Schenectady Co. | $125,000 |
Hudson
| City of Yonkers | Westchester Co. | $125,000 |
| Rural Sullivan Housing Corporation | Sullivan Co. | $75,000 |
| Shandaken Revitalization Rural Pres. Council, Inc. | Ulster Co. | $125,000 |
| The Preservation Company, Inc. | Dutchess, Putnam & Westchester Co. | $125,000 |
Downstate
| Town of Hempstead | Nassau Co. | $125,000 |
