Home Improvement Grants in Birmingham.
Browse cataloged grants, rebates, loans, and other assistance records for Birmingham, AL. Verify each program's current rules, service area, and status.
The Birmingham, AL directory shows 33 cataloged resources. Of those, 27 are currently open or actionable home improvement or repair assistance records; the largest published amount stored among those 27 records is $126,526, not an estimate of your award. Discovery tags include 12 senior-related records, 3 veteran-related records, and 8 marked with no income limit. These tags do not determine eligibility; verify the complete official rules.
Record set last reviewed 2026-07-20. How we verify our data.
Types of help in this city
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| Funding type | Records | What to verify | Label scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 21 | Repayment, tax, and possible lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Forgivable loans | 1 | Forgiveness schedule, residency, and lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Rebates | 3 | Eligible purchases, upfront payment, and claim timing | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
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City of Birmingham Critical Repair Program
The City of Birmingham's official Critical Repair Program page describes up to $30,000 in health-and-safety home repairs...
Jefferson County CDBG Housing Rehabilitation Program
Jefferson County administers HUD-funded housing rehabilitation assistance to income-eligible homeowners in unincorporate...
Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity, Home Repair & Roof Program
Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity provides critical home repairs and roof replacements through partnerships with t...
Rebuilding Together Central Alabama
Rebuilding Together Central Alabama provides free home repair and renovation services to low-income, elderly, and disabl...
Alabama Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
The Alabama Weatherization Assistance Program provides free energy efficiency improvements to income-eligible homes acro...
Alabama Power Residential Energy Efficiency Rebates
Alabama Power offers rebates to residential customers on qualifying energy-efficient upgrades, including a $1,000 rebate...
Spire Alabama (Alagasco) Natural Gas Appliance Rebates
Spire Alabama (formerly Alagasco) offers rebates to residential natural gas customers on qualifying high-efficiency appl...
Alabama LIHEAP, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Alabama's LIHEAP program provides cash assistance to low-income households to offset heating and cooling energy costs, a...
Alabama Homestead Property Tax Exemption
Alabama offers multiple homestead property tax exemptions for owner-occupants. Exemption III fully exempts homeowners ag...
Alabama Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption
Alabama exempts qualifying disabled veterans and their unremarried surviving spouses from all property taxes on their ho...
VA Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) & Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) Grants
The VA's SAH grant (up to $126,526 in FY2026) helps veterans with severe service-connected disabilities purchase or buil...
VA-Backed Home Loan Guarantee
VA-backed home loans allow eligible veterans, service members, and surviving spouses to purchase or refinance a home wit...
FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage
The FHA 203(k) loan allows homebuyers and existing owners to finance both the purchase (or refinance) and renovation of ...
USDA Section 504 Home Repair Loans & Grants
USDA Rural Development's Section 504 program provides loans up to $40,000 at 1% interest to very-low-income homeowners i...
AHFA Step Up Homeownership Program
AHFA's Step Up program provides below-market 30-year fixed mortgage rates and down payment assistance to moderate-income...
IRA Energy Efficient Home Improvement Tax Credit (25C)
The Inflation Reduction Act's 25C tax credit covers 30% of costs for qualifying energy-efficient home improvements, up t...
Alabama IRA HOMES Rebate Program (ADECA)
Alabama is developing its federally funded HOMES (Home Owner Managing Energy Savings) rebate program under the Inflation...
Home Recovery Alabama Program
Home Recovery Alabama provides housing rehabilitation and repair assistance to homeowners whose properties were damaged ...
City of Birmingham COBCD Programs & Initiatives
The City of Birmingham's Community and Business Development division (COBCD) administers multiple housing and neighborho...
Jefferson County Accessibility Modifications Program
Jefferson County provides funding for accessibility modifications to homes of income-eligible residents with disabilitie...
Alabama Standard Homestead Exemption (Exemption I & II)
All owner-occupants of a single-family primary residence in Alabama qualify for Homestead Exemption I, which reduces ass...
HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
The HOME Investment Partnerships Program provides federal funding to Birmingham for housing rehabilitation, homebuyer as...
Alabama Power Energy Assistant Program
Alabama Power's Energy Assistant program provides billing assistance to low-income residential customers who need help p...
IRA Residential Clean Energy Credit (25D)
The IRA's Residential Clean Energy Credit provides a 30% federal tax credit with no cap for qualifying solar panels, geo...
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
HMGP provides funding after a presidentially declared disaster to help communities reduce future disaster losses. Homeow...
FEMA Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) Coverage
ICC coverage is built into every National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policy and pays up to $30,000 to help bring a s...
HUD Lead Hazard Control & Healthy Homes
HUD funds state, county, and city governments to identify and fix lead-based paint hazards and other health hazards (mol...
EPA / WIIN Act Lead Service Line Replacement
EPA's WIIN Act grants and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) fund lead service line replacement programs in...
American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign, Free Smoke Alarms
The American Red Cross installs free smoke alarms and creates home fire escape plans through their nationwide Home Fire ...
EPA State Indoor Radon Grants, State Radon Programs
EPA provides State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (SIRG) to every state to fund radon risk reduction programs. While the...
NeighborWorks Network, Home Repair & Modification Programs
NeighborWorks America supports a network of nearly 250 local nonprofit housing organizations across every state, DC, and...
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Homeowner Resources
Owners of historic homes may access funding through their State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), which distributes H...
HUD Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee
The Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program provides HUD-guaranteed mortgage financing for American Indian and Al...
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