Home Improvement Grants in San Francisco.

Browse cataloged grants, rebates, loans, and other assistance records for San Francisco, CA. Verify each program's current rules, service area, and status.

The San Francisco, CA directory shows 34 cataloged resources. Of those, 32 are currently open or actionable home improvement or repair assistance records; the largest published amount stored among those 32 records is $126,526, not an estimate of your award. Discovery tags include 12 senior-related records, 2 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 typeRecordsWhat to verifyLabel scope
Grants22Repayment, tax, and possible lien termsDirectory classification; confirm official terms
Forgivable loans5Forgiveness schedule, residency, and lien termsDirectory classification; confirm official terms
Rebates1Eligible purchases, upfront payment, and claim timingDirectory classification; confirm official terms

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Up to $50,000 forgivable loan

SF Senior Home Repair Program (SHRP)

SF MOHCD's Senior Home Repair Program (SHRP) provides up to $50,000 in forgivable loans to low-to-moderate income senior...

Home Repair
Up to $50,000 deferred no-interest loan

SF Homeowner Emergency Loan Program (HELP)

MOHCD's HELP program provides up to $50,000 as a no-interest 30-year deferred loan for San Francisco homeowners facing e...

Home Repair
Loan amount varies by project scope

MOHCD Property Rehabilitation Loan Program

MOHCD's Property Rehabilitation Loan Program provides rehabilitation loans and grants to homeowners of 1-4 unit properti...

Home Repair
Free critical repairs (value varies)

Rebuilding Together SF, Home Repair Program

Rebuilding Together San Francisco provides free home repairs to low-income, elderly, or disabled San Francisco homeowner...

Home Repair
Critical repairs at no cost (value varies)

Habitat for Humanity Greater SF, Home Preservation Program

Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco's Home Preservation Program provides critical, major repairs to low-income lo...

Home Repair
Rebates from $300 to $5,000

BayREN Home+ Rebate Program

BayREN's Home+ Rebate Program offers $300 to $5,000 in rebates for single-family and 2-4 unit San Francisco homeowners w...

Energy
Up to 80% of upgrade costs covered

BayREN EASE Program (Income-Qualified Energy Upgrades)

BayREN's EASE (Efficiency & Sustainable Energy) program provides income-eligible San Francisco residents with low-cost h...

Energy
Free energy efficiency upgrades (no-cost to qualifying households)

PG&E Energy Savings Assistance Program (ESA)

PG&E's Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) Program provides no-cost weatherization services to income-qualified San Francisc...

Weatherization
Free heat pump water heater and electric appliance upgrades

PG&E EmPower My Home Program

PG&E's EmPower My Home Program helps income-qualified residents upgrade to efficient, modern electric appliances at litt...

Energy
Up to $126,526 (SAH) or $25,350 (SHA), FY2026

VA Specially Adapted Housing (SAH / SHA) Grant

The VA's SAH grant (up to $126,526 FY2026) helps veterans with severe service-connected disabilities adapt their homes. ...

Veterans
Full exemption for 100% disabled veterans (effective 2025)

California Disabled Veterans' Property Tax Exemption

California's Disabled Veterans' Property Tax Exemption reduces or eliminates property taxes on the primary residence for...

Property Tax Relief
Annual assessment increase capped at 2%

California Proposition 13, Homeowner Tax Protection

Proposition 13 limits annual increases in a property's assessed value to no more than 2% per year in California, providi...

Property Tax Relief
Full annual property tax deferred (with interest)

California Senior Citizen Property Tax Postponement

California's Property Tax Postponement (PTP) program allows seniors (62+), blind, or disabled homeowners with household ...

Property Tax Relief
Up to $1,000 per year

LIHEAP, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

LIHEAP provides direct energy bill assistance to low-income San Francisco households to help pay heating, cooling, and c...

Energy
Free weatherization services (avg. $5,000 value)

California Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)

California's federally-funded Weatherization Assistance Program provides free energy efficiency improvements to low-inco...

Weatherization
Up to $10,000 grant (age 62+) and $40,000 loan, $50,000 combined

USDA Section 504 Rural Home Repair Loan & Grant

USDA Section 504 provides loans up to $40,000 and grants up to $10,000 (for seniors 62+) to very-low-income rural homeow...

Home Repair
Rehabilitation costs rolled into mortgage

FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage

The FHA 203(k) program allows SF homebuyers and homeowners to finance renovation costs into a single FHA mortgage. The L...

Home Repair
Up to $3,200 per year in federal tax credits

IRS Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (25C)

The IRS Section 25C credit provides up to $3,200 per year in federal tax credits for qualifying home energy improvements...

Energy
Up to $1,000 toward heat pump water heater replacement

SFPUC Water Heater Upgrade Program

The SFPUC Water Heater Upgrade Program provides $1,000 toward replacing a gas water heater with a qualifying heat pump w...

Energy
Free heat pump water heater for qualifying residents

SF Environment Heat Pump Water Heater Program

SF Environment's Climate Equity Hub program provides free heat pump water heaters to income-qualified San Francisco resi...

Energy
Included within MOHCD rehabilitation loan programs

MOHCD Accessibility Modification Assistance

SF MOHCD's rehabilitation loan programs include support for accessibility modifications to help disabled and senior home...

Seniors & Disability
$7,000 of assessed value exempt

San Francisco Homeowner's Exemption

San Francisco's Homeowners' Exemption reduces the assessed value of a qualifying owner-occupied primary residence by $7,...

Property Tax Relief
Varies, financed through property tax assessment

PACE Financing (Property Assessed Clean Energy)

PACE financing allows SF homeowners to finance energy and water efficiency improvements with no upfront cost, repaid thr...

Solar/Renewable
Varies, no individual cap; projects typically $10K-$200K+

FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

HMGP provides funding after a presidentially declared disaster to help communities reduce future disaster losses. Homeow...

Disaster
Up to $30,000

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...

Disaster
Varies by jurisdiction, typically $5,000-$15,000 per unit

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...

Seniors & Disability
Varies, full line replacement cost covered in many programs

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...

Seniors & Disability
Varies by city, typically $5,000-$25,000

HUD CDBG Home Repair Programs

HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides annual funding to cities, counties, and states to fund l...

Home Repair
Free, up to 3 smoke alarms installed at no cost

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 ...

Home Repair
Varies by state, some offer $500-$1,000 radon mitigation assistance

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...

Seniors & Disability
Varies by local affiliate, loans and grants available

NeighborWorks Network, Home Repair & Modification Programs

NeighborWorks America supports a network of nearly 250 local nonprofit housing organizations across every state, DC, and...

Home Repair
National Trust grants go to nonprofits/agencies, not direct to homeowners; state HPF grants vary

National Trust for Historic Preservation, Homeowner Resources

Owners of historic homes may access funding through their State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), which distributes H...

Historic
Loan guarantee, no dollar cap on loan amount (lender sets max)

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...

Home Repair
Up to $40,000

San Francisco Emergency Repair Program (MOHCD)

San Francisco MOHCD's Emergency Repair Program provides assistance to income-qualified homeowners for emergency health a...

Emergency

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Frequently asked questions

What home-improvement assistance records are cataloged for San Francisco, CA?

The directory includes 32 possible-program records associated with San Francisco, including SF Senior Home Repair Program (SHRP), SF Homeowner Emergency Loan Program (HELP), MOHCD Property Rehabilitation Loan Program. Inclusion does not confirm current availability or eligibility.

How are the assistance records for San Francisco classified?

Our classifier labels 22 records as grants, 5 as forgivable loans, and 1 as rebates in San Francisco. Classification can be incomplete; confirm the benefit type, lien, repayment, and conditions in the administrator's terms.

How do I research and apply for home repair assistance in San Francisco?

Each program page shows the source, application route, or contact we have on file. Confirm the current route, requirements, and any costs with the administering organization before applying. The current Grant Map homeowner fee is $0.