Home Improvement Grants in Hartford.
Browse cataloged grants, rebates, loans, and other assistance records for Hartford, CT. Verify each program's current rules, service area, and status.
The Hartford, CT directory shows 33 cataloged resources. Of those, 24 are currently open or actionable home improvement or repair assistance records; the largest published amount stored among those 24 records is $150,000, not an estimate of your award. Discovery tags include 9 senior-related records, 4 veteran-related records, and 6 marked with no income limit. These tags do not determine eligibility; verify the complete official rules.
Record set last reviewed 2026-04-03. How we verify our data.
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| Funding type | Records | What to verify | Label scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 17 | Repayment, tax, and possible lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Forgivable loans | 2 | Forgiveness schedule, residency, and lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Rebates | 4 | Eligible purchases, upfront payment, and claim timing | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
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City of Hartford Housing Preservation Loan Fund
The City of Hartford's Housing Preservation Loan Fund offers low-interest loans to homeowners for needed repairs and imp...
Hartford Sustainable Housing Solutions, Promise Zone Program
The Sustainable Housing Solutions Program provides additional housing assistance to homeowners with 1-6 unit properties ...
CT Home Improvement Program (Connecticut Home Funds)
The CT Home Improvement Program is part of Governor Lamont's $30 million CT Home Funds initiative, providing low-interes...
City of Hartford CDBG Housing Assistance Program
Hartford administers HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds as an Entitlement Community, allocating resource...
Habitat for Humanity of North Central Connecticut
Habitat for Humanity of North Central Connecticut serves the Hartford area, building over 350 homes in 37 years and help...
Energize CT Home Energy Solutions, Income Eligible (HES-IE)
The HES-IE program provides no-cost in-home energy assessments and on-the-spot improvements to income-eligible Connectic...
Energize CT Heat Pump Rebates (Eversource)
Eversource Connecticut customers can receive heat pump rebates of $250-$500 per ton for air source heat pump installatio...
Energize CT Home Insulation & Air Sealing Rebates
Energize CT offers rebates of up to $2.00 per square foot for qualifying attic insulation upgrades, plus additional reba...
Connecticut Weatherization Assistance Program (CT WAP)
Connecticut's WAP, administered by DEEP through the Community Action Agency network, provides free weatherization servic...
Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP/LIHEAP)
Connecticut's Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) provides heating bill assistance to income-eligible households, ranging f...
CHFA Homeownership & Rehabilitation Loan Programs
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority offers below-market 30-year fixed mortgages and down payment assistance to inc...
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 modi...
VA-Backed Home Loan Guarantee
VA-backed home loans allow eligible Hartford-area veterans, service members, and surviving spouses to purchase or refina...
Connecticut Veteran Property Tax Exemption
Connecticut provides property tax assessment exemptions for qualifying veterans and their surviving spouses. Basic warti...
CT Elderly/Disabled Homeowner Tax Relief Program (Circuit Breaker)
Connecticut's Circuit Breaker program provides an annual property tax credit of up to $1,250 for married couples and $1,...
FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage
The FHA 203(k) loan allows homebuyers and existing owners in Hartford to finance both the purchase (or refinance) and re...
USDA Section 504 Home Repair Loans & Grants
USDA Section 504 provides loans at 1% interest up to $40,000 to very-low-income homeowners in eligible rural areas for c...
IRA Energy Efficient Home Improvement Tax Credit (25C)
The 25C tax credit covers 30% of costs for qualifying home energy improvements, up to $3,200 annually. Up to $2,000 for ...
IRA Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate (HEAR), CT
Connecticut launched the IRA-funded Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate (HEAR) program through Energize CT, provid...
Hartford Land Bank, Property Acquisition & Rehab
The Hartford Land Bank acquires vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties for rehabilitation and return to produc...
CHFA Disabled Persons Homeownership Mortgage
CHFA's Disabled Persons Homeownership Mortgage provides a below-market interest rate mortgage specifically for homebuyer...
IRA Residential Clean Energy Credit (25D)
The IRA's Residential Clean Energy Credit offers Hartford homeowners a 30% federal tax credit with no cap for qualifying...
Eversource / CT Natural Gas Heating Equipment Rebates
Eversource and Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) customers in Hartford can receive rebates on qualifying high-efficiency hea...
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 ...
Rebuilding Together Safe at Home
Rebuilding Together's Safe at Home program provides free preventive home modifications to help older adults and people w...
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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