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House Proud Home Repairs

Be Neighborly Block Parties (Date not announced)No-Cost Home Repair ProgramVolunteer Program

House Proud Atlanta fixes up homes for free for senior and veteran homeowners who cannot afford repairs on their own. Licensed contractors and volunteers repair roofs, heating and cooling systems, plumbing, and porches so people can safely stay in their own homes. The group also hosts neighborhood block party events where volunteers paint, do yard work, and fix up homes for long-time senior homeowners.

410 Englewood Avenue Atlanta

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Habitat for Humanity Atlanta

Brush with Kindness (light exterior repairs)Repair With Kindness

Atlanta Habitat helps families in Atlanta and South Fulton County own safe, affordable homes. It sells newly built homes to qualifying first-time buyers, and it repairs homes for qualifying owners through a loan that can be forgiven. It also runs ReStore, offers money and home-care classes, and welcomes volunteers.

Atlanta

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City of Atlanta Watershed Management Care & Conserve Program

Care & Conserve Plumbing Repair Program

Care & Conserve is the City of Atlanta water department's program for people who have trouble paying their water bills. It can help eligible City of Atlanta water customers with past-due water and sewer bills. Eligible homeowners can also get free plumbing repairs through a partner group, Nehemiah Project CDC.

72 Marietta St., NE Atlanta

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Georgia Power

EASE (Energy Assistance for Savings and Efficiency)EASE for SeniorsEASE for Manufactured Homes

Georgia Power is the electric company for much of Georgia. Besides billing and outage service, it runs help for households with lower incomes: a monthly bill discount and free home energy upgrades. Some of these are for seniors, renters, or people in manufactured homes.

241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, NW Atlanta

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Georgia Environmental Finance Authority

Georgia Energy Investment FundWeatherization Assistance Program

Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) is a state agency that works on energy and water projects. It runs the Weatherization Assistance Program, which makes homes of low-income households use less energy. It also offers home energy loans and loans and grants for water, energy and other public projects.

47 Trinity Ave., SW Atlanta

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Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA)

HAND Property Qualification and Repair Escrow GuidanceOne-Dollar Homeownership ProgramProperty Workshop (webinar) (Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m) +1 more

NACA is a national housing group that helps people buy a home and keep it. It teaches free classes, gives one-on-one counseling, and offers a home loan with no down payment, no closing costs and no fees. Homeowners who struggle with their payment can ask NACA to work with their lender for a lower payment.

160 Clairemont Avenue Decatur

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House Proud Atlanta

Home RepairHouse Party / Be Neighborly Block Parties (Office hours Monday-Friday)

House Proud makes no-cost home repairs for low-income senior and veteran homeowners in Atlanta. The work keeps homes warm, safe and dry, like heating and cooling, steps, handrails and plumbing leaks. They also share guides on city services, taxes, insurance and scams, and hold volunteer work days.

Atlanta

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Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ReStore

Repair with Kindness

The Atlanta Habitat ReStore is a store run by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. It sells donated home goods and building materials to the public, and the money helps build and repair homes. There are two stores, one on Chester Ave in Atlanta and one in College Park. You can also shop, donate or volunteer there.

271 Chester Ave., SE Atlanta

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Dekalb County Special Purpose Home Repair Program

Special Purpose Home Repair Program (SPHRP)

This DeKalb County program helps older homeowners age 62 and up, and disabled adults age 21 and up, fix serious problems like broken roofs, plumbing, wiring, or heating and air systems. Help comes as a loan that is fully forgiven if the person keeps living in the home as their main residence for five years, and extra money can cover items like grab bars for accessibility. People apply during a yearly open application window run by DeKalb County's Community Development Department.

1300 Commerce Drive Decatur

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Georgia Heirs Property Resource

Access to home repair and land programs

This is a nonprofit law firm that helps Georgia families who own inherited land or a home without clear legal papers (called heirs property). It clears up the title, writes wills and estate plans, and helps owners reach home repair and land programs. Its services are free, but it cannot take every case.

54 Ellis Street NE Atlanta

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Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)

AHP Homeownership Set-aside ProgramCommunity Rebuild and Restore

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta is a cooperative bank owned by its member banks and other financial institutions. It gives those members loans and grant money so they can offer home-buying help, home repair help and affordable housing projects. People cannot get the money straight from the bank. They go through a member lender in their area.

1475 Peachtree St. Atlanta

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Invest Atlanta Owner Occupied Rehab Program

Atlanta Heritage Owner-Occupied Rehab ProgramWestside Heritage Owner-Occupied Rehab Program

This Invest Atlanta program helps lower-income homeowners in the City of Atlanta pay for critical repairs like roofs, HVAC systems, water heaters, and plumbing. Qualifying homeowners get a loan with no interest that is forgiven over time as long as they keep living in their home, with priority given to seniors, veterans, disabled homeowners, and people who have lived in their home 15 years or more. One version of the program covers the whole city, and another, with a higher repair limit, covers Westside neighborhoods like Vine City and English Avenue.

133 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 2300 Atlanta

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EnABLE Home Solutions

Consultation with building professionalsContractor & Equipment ReferralsFall Prevention +2 more

EnABLE Home Solutions is a team led by a licensed occupational therapist, Cindy Lourie. She looks at how a person moves and lives at home, then suggests changes to make the home safer and easier to use. She can also connect families with handymen, equipment suppliers and contractors to do the work.

3876 Menlo Drive Atlanta

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HopeWorks

Critical and Small Home RepairsEnergy Efficiency ProgramGas Furnace Repair or Replacement +1 more

HopeWorks is a Christ-centered nonprofit that has helped widows and seniors with low incomes since 1984. It does critical and small home repairs, and it fixes or replaces gas furnaces and gas water heaters so people can stay safely in their homes. It also holds a monthly Senior Fellowship gathering.

751 Rice St NW Atlanta

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FCS Ministries

Legacy Home Preservation and Critical Home Repair

Focused Community Strategies (FCS) works with neighbors in Historic South Atlanta and Thomasville Heights. It runs a neighborhood grocery store and café, repairs homes for seniors, helps build affordable housing, and supports small businesses. It also runs a youth group and a bike program.

1297 McDonough B. Atlanta

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Fulton County Rent Help

Home Repair Services

This is the Fulton County government Department of Community Development, which runs housing and homeless programs for county residents. Its housing work includes rental assistance for low and moderate income households, home repair services, homebuyer help, and walk-in assessment centers that connect people who are homeless to shelter and housing. The county's old COVID-era rent relief has ended, so call to ask what rent help is open now.

141 Pryor Street SW Atlanta

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Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience

WeatheRISE ATL

The Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience is part of the City of Atlanta. It works on clean energy, climate, water, food, and green space, with a focus on fairness for neighborhoods with high energy bills. Residents can get help through WeatheRISE ATL, a free home weatherization program for some Atlanta homeowners.

Atlanta

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Rebuilding Together Atlanta

City of Atlanta Senior Roof ReplacementRebuild House Sponsorship ProgramSafe and Healthy Homes (home repair and modification) +1 more

Rebuilding Together Atlanta fixes homes for low-income older adults, veterans and people with disabilities who own their homes. Repairs help people stay safe where they live, like ramps, grab bars and roof work. Repairs are free to the homeowner, but money is limited and there is a waiting list.

3060 Peachtree Rd., NW Suite 125 Atlanta

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Facts to Thrive, Inc.

Free Home Repairs for Seniors

Facts to Thrive is a nonprofit that teaches practical skills and gives support to people facing poverty and tech gaps. It offers classes in money skills, computers and phones, job readiness and CPR. It also runs free home repairs for some seniors and monthly food giveaways at Creel Park in South Fulton.

3707 Main Street Suite 19 College Park

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