Home Improvement Grants in Houston.
Browse cataloged grants, rebates, loans, and other assistance records for Houston, TX. Verify each program's current rules, service area, and status.
The Houston, TX directory shows 56 cataloged resources. Of those, 51 are currently open or actionable home improvement or repair assistance records; the largest published amount stored among those 51 records is $135,000, not an estimate of your award. Discovery tags include 19 senior-related records, 10 veteran-related records, and 18 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 | 43 | Repayment, tax, and possible lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Forgivable loans | 6 | Forgiveness schedule, residency, and lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Rebates | 1 | Eligible purchases, upfront payment, and claim timing | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
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City of Houston Single-Family Home Repair Program
The City of Houston's HCD administers multiple home repair programs providing assistance for minor, moderate, and substa...
City of Houston Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP)
The HAP provides up to $50,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance to income-qualified first-time homebuyers pur...
Houston Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program
The Houston Health Department's Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program reduces lead hazards in privately-owned or renta...
Harris County Home Repair Program
Harris County's Home Repair Program addresses health and safety hazards in homes owned and occupied by low-income reside...
Harris County Single-Family Reconstruction Program
The Harris County Single-Family Reconstruction Program rebuilds unsafe, uninhabitable single-family homes for low-to-mod...
Harris County Septic & Water Well Repair Program
Harris County provides grants of up to $40,000 to repair or replace failing water wells and septic systems that pose hea...
Houston Habitat for Humanity, Critical Home Repair
Houston Habitat for Humanity's Critical Home Repair Program addresses urgent roof and plumbing repairs for low-income ho...
Habitat for Humanity NW Harris County, ARPA Rehabilitation Program
Funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in partnership with Harris County HCD, this program delivers up to $6...
Rebuilding Together Houston, Free Home Repairs
Rebuilding Together Houston has provided no-cost home repairs to low-income Houston-area homeowners for more than 30 yea...
Avenue CDC, Homebuyer Education & Affordable Homes
Avenue CDC serves over 7,000 Houstonians annually through affordable homeownership, family asset building, and community...
BakerRipley Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP)
BakerRipley distributes TDHCA's Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP/LIHEAP) funds to help low-income household...
Houston Volunteer Lawyers, Housing Legal Aid
Houston Volunteer Lawyers (HVL), the pro bono arm of the Houston Bar Association, connects low-income Harris County resi...
Texas WAP, Weatherization Assistance Program
TDHCA's Weatherization Assistance Program installs energy-saving materials, including insulation, weather-stripping, cau...
Texas CEAP/LIHEAP, Energy Bill Assistance
TDHCA's Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) is the Texas implementation of the federal Low Income Home Energy...
TDHCA My First Texas Home, Down Payment Assistance
TDHCA's My First Texas Home program provides down payment and closing cost assistance of up to 5% of the mortgage loan a...
TDHCA Homeowner Reconstruction Assistance (HRA)
TDHCA's Homeowner Reconstruction Assistance program, funded through HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program, funds lo...
TSAHC Homes for Texas Heroes Program
TSAHC's Homes for Texas Heroes provides 3-5% down payment grants (true grants, no repayment required) paired with 30-yea...
Texas Homestead Property Tax Exemption
Texas law requires school districts to provide a $100,000 residence homestead exemption on property values, reducing sch...
Texas Over-65 & Disabled Person Property Tax Exemption
Texans age 65 or older, or those with a qualifying disability, receive an additional $60,000 school district property ta...
Texas Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption
Texas provides property tax exemptions to disabled veterans scaled to their VA disability rating. Veterans with a 100% P...
Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit (THPTC)
The Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit provides a 25% state tax credit for the rehabilitation of certified historic ...
VA Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant
The VA's SAH grant helps veterans with specific service-connected disabilities build, buy, or modify a home to meet thei...
VA Special Home Adaptation (SHA) Grant
The SHA grant assists veterans who have qualifying service-connected disabilities, such as blindness in both eyes with 2...
VA HISA Grant, Home Improvements & Structural Alterations
The VA HISA grant provides funding for home improvements and structural alterations needed for a veteran's medical treat...
VA TRA Grant, Temporary Residence Adaptation
The TRA grant allows SAH- or SHA-eligible veterans to adapt a temporary residence (such as a family member's home) while...
USDA Section 504 Home Repair Loans & Grants
The USDA Section 504 program provides loans up to $40,000 at 1% interest (20-year term) to very-low-income homeowners to...
FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage
The FHA 203(k) program allows homebuyers and homeowners to finance up to 110% of a home's post-renovation value for purc...
FHA Title I Property Improvement Loan
FHA Title I loans provide HUD-insured financing through approved private lenders for permanent home improvements. Loans ...
Federal Residential Clean Energy Credit (ITC)
Homeowners who install qualified clean energy systems, solar panels, small wind turbines, battery storage (3 kWh+), geot...
Federal Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (25C)
Homeowners can claim a 30% annual federal tax credit up to $3,200 per year for qualified energy-efficiency improvements ...
CenterPoint Energy CoolSaver A/C Tune-Up Program
CenterPoint Energy's CoolSaver Program provides a free comprehensive A/C tune-up to customers in CenterPoint's Houston e...
CenterPoint Energy Residential Rebate Programs
CenterPoint Energy's Standard Offer Program (SOP) and residential rebate programs offer cash-back incentives for energy-...
CenterPoint Energy Low-Income Weatherization (Agencies in Action)
CenterPoint Energy's Agencies in Action program provides free whole-house energy audits and weatherization upgrades to i...
Harris County Flood Control Voluntary Home Buyout Program
The Harris County Flood Control District operates voluntary home buyout programs using FEMA and HUD CDBG-DR funding, pur...
TDHCA Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF)
TDHCA's Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF), funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, helps Texas homeowners who experienced ...
Harris County Housing Finance Corporation Down Payment Assistance
The Harris County Housing Finance Corporation administers down payment assistance programs for Harris County homebuyers ...
City of Houston Disaster Recovery Home Repair (Winter Storm URI / DR21)
HCD's Disaster Recovery Division administers HUD CDBG-DR funded programs for homeowners impacted by declared disasters, ...
HUD Lead Hazard Control & Healthy Homes Supplemental Grant
HUD's Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program funds local governments and nonprofits to remediate lead paint and other housi...
Federal Historic Tax Credit (20% Rehabilitation Credit)
The Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit provides a 20% federal income tax credit for certified rehabilitations of...
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...
DOE Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
WAP provides free energy efficiency improvements to low-income households across all 50 states, DC, and territories. Eli...
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...
HUD CDBG Home Repair Programs
HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides annual funding to cities, counties, and states to fund l...
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...
Amy Young Barrier Removal Program (AYBR)
The AYBR Program provides one-time grants of up to $22,500 to households with a Person with a Disability who need home m...
Texas Veterans Home Improvement Program (VLB VHIP)
The Veterans Home Improvement Program offers below-market interest rate loans to qualified Texas veterans and active-dut...
Texas Ramp Project, Free Wheelchair Ramps
The Texas Ramp Project is a nonprofit that builds free custom wheelchair ramps for low-income individuals with disabilit...
CPS Energy Casa Verde Weatherization Program
CPS Energy's Casa Verde program provides free weatherization improvements, including insulation, air sealing, solar scre...
Texas GLO 2024 Disasters Homeowner Assistance Program (HAP)
The Texas GLO 2024 Disasters Homeowner Assistance Program provides repair and reconstruction assistance to owner-occupie...
City of Houston Emergency Home Repair Program
Houston's Emergency Home Repair Program provides forgivable loans up to $65,000 to income-qualified homeowners for emerg...
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