Housing Programs
Navigating Columbus OH, Housing Opportunities The guide is designed to help new immigrants navigate the housing programs and opportunities in Central Ohio. It provides resources for new immigrant families to find It covers different housing programs that give new immigrants the possibility to buy, own or rent safe and affordable homes located in Central Ohio.
Housing Programs
Navigating Columbus OH, Housing Opportunities The guide is designed to help new immigrants navigate the housing programs and opportunities in Central Ohio. It provides resources for new immigrant families to find It covers different housing programs that give new immigrants the possibility to buy, own or rent safe and affordable homes located in Central Ohio.
Sources from Columbus.gov
The City of Columbus
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Acquisition and Relocation Compliance Services
- Acquisition and relocation due to a federally funded housing/highway project or code vacate order.
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American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI)
- Downpayment assistance to purchase a first home in the City of Columbus.
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Chores Program
- The Chores program assists senior citizens and/or disabled persons with minor repairs to their homes. These repairs must be for the safety and/or health of the senior or disabled person.
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Community Reinvestment Areas/Residential Tax Incentives
- Property tax abatement on increased valuation due to property improvements in the Community Reinvestment Areas.
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Emergency Repair Program
- The Emergency Repair program provides for the immediate correction of an emergency condition that has been determined to present an imminent danger to the health and/or safety of the occupants of residential property in the City of Columbus including heating, plumbing, and electrical repairs.
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Healthy Homes Production Grant
- The Healthy Homes Program is designed to protect the most vulnerable families in the community from housing-related hazards by preserving affordable housing, improving conditions, and improving neighborhoods in the city. The program will holistically address a variety of high-priority housing-based health and safety hazards, such as mold and moisture, pests, injury and safety hazards, poor indoor air quality, carbon monoxide, and the identification and removal of lead-based paint.
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Lead Safe Columbus
- Lead-based paint hazard control work (interior and exterior).
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First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance
- The Down Payment Assistance program assists income-eligible first-time homeowners with down payments and closing costs for the purchase of a home in Franklin County (outside the Columbus city limits). First-time homebuyer counseling services are also available through this program.