Housing

Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program

The Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program enables eligible low-and-moderate income homeowners to make repairs and basic home improvements that maintain the quality of their housing and create a positive effect in the surrounding neighborhood.

Home Weatherization Assistance Program

The Home Weatherization Assistance Program provides free energy efficiency improvements to eligible homeowners and renters in Cuyahoga County, outside the City of Cleveland, at no cost to the household.

Housing Revenue Bond Program

Multi-family Housing Bonds are available to nonprofit and for profit developers to purchase, construct, or rehabilitate multi-family housing projects. Housing revenue bonds, if properly structured, are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and, therefore, avoid the costs and time applicable to registration.

Lead Safe Program

The Cuyahoga County Lead Safe Program enables eligible low-and-moderate income homeowners and renters in all 58 Cuyahoga suburbs outside the City of Cleveland to make changes in their homes to provide a lead safe environment for young children.

Neighborhood Stabilization Program

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) was enacted on July 30, 2008 and created the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) and appropriated $3.92 billion to be distributed to states and local governments to address the effects of abandoned and foreclosed properties in the nation’s communities. Cuyahoga County received $11.2 million of these funds. The $11.2 million awarded to Cuyahoga County will be used to deal with vacant and foreclosed housing located in 50 suburbs making up the Cuyahoga Urban County.  These are the same 50 suburbs in which Development can make housing rehabilitation loans and Municipal Grants.

Senior Safety Program

The Department of Development’s Senior Safety Grant Program was created to assist income eligible senior citizens in preventing slips and falls in the home and to maintain a safe living environment for the aging homeowner.

Resources

Fair Housing

Educational outreach is important for a successful Fair Housing Program. The County conducts and sponsors workshops, training seminars and conferences. The Department contracts with private non-profit agencies to provide the following services: Discrimination Complaint, Insurance Audits, Landlord/Tenant Counseling, Monitors Lending and Local Real Estate Practices, Diversity Opportunity Purchases, and Predatory Lending Prevention.
For individualized assistance we contract with Cleveland Tenants' Organization),  Housing Advocates, Inc.,  and Housing Research and Advocacy Center. For additional Fair Housing services, individuals can call United Way’s First Call for Help at 211.

Don't Borrow Trouble

The goal of the Don't Borrow Trouble campaign is to prevent predatory lending practices by empowering consumers with the knowledge and tools needed to avoid being victimized by predatory lenders.

Down Payment Assistance Program

The Cuyahoga County Down Payment Assistance Program is administered by Neighborhood Housing Services on behalf of the County. Funds are available to income qualified homebuyers for eligible costs including title search, legal fees, and closing costs. Interested individuals can also contact Neighborhood Housing Services directly at 216-458-HOME.

Housing Enhancement Loan Program

County Treasurer Jim Rokakis’s Home Enhancement Loan Program allows homeowners in thirty-three Cuyahoga County communities to borrow money for repairing or remodeling homes at three percentage points below a bank’s market rate for home improvement loans. HELP has no restrictions on a borrower’s income and few limitations on what improvements can be made to a property. Both owner occupied and investment properties are eligible.

Northeast Ohio Coalition for Financial Success

The goal of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for Financial Success is to develop public awareness of financial literacy and advocate for education and participation for all persons in Cuyahoga County through the most effective financial literacy tools and coordination of financial education efforts in order to prevent financial victimization and help people preserve assets, and increase savings to take control of their financial future.