Home Repair


How it works?

Housing Greensboro, Inc (HGI) provides home repairs to qualifying families who are owner-occupants of their home in Greensboro and are below specific income levels. The scope of repairs may include, but are not limited to roofs, plumbing, floors, accessibility modifications, electrical hazards and code violations. Work that is cosmetic or optional in nature does not fall within the scope of the program. HGI focuses on repair issues that make a home warmer, drier and safer.

HGI utilizes qualified staff, approved sub-contractors, and volunteers from the community to provide labor to accomplish the repairs. HGI construction staff oversees the work of the community volunteers from retiree groups, church groups, businesses, civic organizations and college student groups. These groups are trained by the HGI staff, often on the job, and all work is supervised and inspected by the HGI construction staff. All repairs required to be inspected are permitted and inspected by the City of Greensboro.

Funding for the repairs comes primarily from:

1) Homeowner payments (loans)
2) Donated materials and donated professional services
3) Charitable contributions or grants
4) Governmental agencies

These funds cover the costs for materials, supplies, any necessary subcontractor costs, HGI’s construction staff labor to complete the repairs, and program administration.

HGI has developed partnerships with other non-profit organizations from the community to leverage additional services and resources when needs are identified. HGI maintains a list of reliable and reasonably priced subcontractors and materials suppliers, and annually refreshes this list following guidelines set forth in the HGI Procurement and Disbursement Policy.

What makes a property and a home owner eligible?

To be eligible properties must:

1) Be located within the city limits of Greensboro.
2) Have all property taxes paid in full & be current.
3) Have a clean title and be owner occupied at the time of application and throughout the entire repair process.
4) Have an after repair property tax value (building plus land) of $120,000 or less.
5) Not be in danger of a foreclosure process.
6) Have repair needs not exceeding $18,000 in estimated costs. Such repairs are considered to be beyond the scope of the program.

To be eligible applicants must:

1) Own and occupy the house and property as their primary residence.
2) Not have received a home repair through HGI’s programs in the last 12 months and have not exceeded HGI’s repair program limits in the past.
3) Have limited means to accomplish the repairs on their own.
4) Have a total household income which does not exceed 50% of the current Guilford County Area Median Income (AMI) for the household size as determined by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (see income limits and determination of income below).

2011 Income Limits by Household Size

# Persons Limit
One   $19,300
Two   $22,050
Three   $24,800
Four   $27,550
Five   $29,800
Six   $32,000
Seven   $34,200
Eight   $36,400


HGI’s Home Repair Committee will review and approve or deny all applicants before work is started at a home. The committee will forward a summary of their actions to the Board of Directors for review.

Click HERE to see our current eligibility criteria

 Please contact our Family Services Coordinator to learn more if you think you are eligible and would like to complete an application for a home repair.

phone number – (336) 676-6987