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Emergency Minor Home Repair
The City of Albuquerque Department of Family & Community Services provides funding for emergency and minor home repairs for qualified homeowners through the American Red Cross in New Mexico ( Albuquerque metro area ONLY).
PROGRAM INTENT
For the past nineteen years, the American Red Cross in New Mexico (Albuquerque) has administered a Community Development Block Grant for the City of Albuquerque ’s Department of Family & Community Services.
The objective of the program is to assist low-to-moderate income homeowners who do not have sufficient resources to make needed repairs to alleviate dangerous conditions in their homes.
Under the terms of the Emergency Minor Home Repair grant, all owner-occupants living in the Albuquerque city limits who meet established income and ownership qualifications may receive FREE emergency and minor home repairs from licensed, bonded contractors, and/or qualified technicians.
Repairs on the property should be of an emergency nature and the owner must have no other resources for repairs.
CLIENT ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS:
In order to be eligible for the Emergency and Minor Home Repair Program you MUST meet the following requirements:
 The property must be inside Albuquerque City Limits
The owner must reside in the home and provide proof of ownership
The household income must not exceed the HUD guidelines listed:
Three (3) months of consecutive check stubs or a Social Security Benefit Letter for the current year and/or a Pension Retirement Letter, etc. must be provided.
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Family Size
1 Person
2 People
3 People
4 People
5 People
6 People
7 People
8 People |
Annual Income*
$32,500
$37,100
$41,750
$46,400
$50,100
$53,800
$57,550
$61,250 |
If you have a checking account
Provide six (6) months checking account balance
If you have a savings account
Provide current savings account balance
No other resources for repair
*Please Note: Income limits include all residents living in the home at the time services are provided.
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Through the Emergency Minor Home Repair Program, the American Red Cross in New Mexico will hire licensed, bonded contractors to provide repairs for the following services:
ELECTRICAL
FURNACE REPAIRS
GAS LEAKS
MAIN WATER LINES
MAJOR PLUMBING
ROOF REPAIRS
ROOF REPLACEMENTS (if funding permits)*
SEWER LINE PROBLEMS
WATER HEATERS
American Red Cross technicians may provide repairs for the following services:
MINOR PLUMBING REPAIRS
MINOR HOME REPAIRS
*Please Note: The program provides replacements only when repairs are not successful.
SERVICES NOT PROVIDED:
ADDITIONS OR REMODELS
PAINTING - YARD WORK
APPLIANCE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
SCREENS AND SCREEN DOORS
PORCHES / GARAGES / OUTBUILDINGS
HOW TO GET STARTED:
To apply for service, please call 505-265-8514. Please ask for the Minor Home Repair Department. You will need to have the following information ready*:
Your name, phone number and address
The number of persons living in your home
The source and amount of income for all persons living in your home (all forms of income) - documentation is required
Proof of home ownership and the value of your property (deed, title and/or real estate contract, or current property tax bill)
The nature of the repairs to be completed
*Please Note: No work can begin until documentation of income, assets, and home ownership has been received.
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