Home Improvement Grants in San Jose.
Browse cataloged grants, rebates, loans, and other assistance records for San Jose, CA. Verify each program's current rules, service area, and status.
The San Jose, CA directory shows 51 cataloged resources. Of those, 45 are currently open or actionable home improvement or repair assistance records; the largest published amount stored among those 45 records is $126,526, not an estimate of your award. Discovery tags include 13 senior-related records, 5 veteran-related records, and 21 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.
Types of help in this city
Swipe horizontally or use the arrow keys to review every column.
| Funding type | Records | What to verify | Label scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 32 | Repayment, tax, and possible lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Forgivable loans | 4 | Forgiveness schedule, residency, and lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Rebates | 6 | Eligible purchases, upfront payment, and claim timing | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
Not sure which program fits? Email us what you need. It is free, and we will point you to the right programs and where to go next.
City of San José Home Repair Program
The City of San José Housing Department provides 0% interest deferred loans to income-qualified homeowners to repair hea...
San José CalHome Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Loan
San José's CalHome program provides state-funded deferred loans for health, safety, and code-compliance repairs to owner...
Rebuilding Together SV, Critical Repair Program
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley provides no-cost critical home repairs to income-eligible San José homeowners whose h...
Rebuilding Together SV, Safe at Home Program
The Safe at Home program addresses home repair and maintenance issues that present a safety risk or limit access within ...
Habitat for Humanity EBSV, Home Preservation Program
Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley administers the City of San José-funded home repair program, providing free...
Santa Clara County CDBG Home Repair Program
Santa Clara County funds owner-occupied home repairs through CDBG for residents of Campbell, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Monte...
PG&E Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) Program
PG&E's Energy Savings Assistance Program provides free energy efficiency and weatherization upgrades to income-qualified...
San José Clean Energy EcoHome Rebate
San José Clean Energy's EcoHome Rebate offers up to $12,000 in rebates for heat pump HVAC and heat pump water heater upg...
BayREN EASE Home Program
BayREN's Efficiency and Sustainable Energy (EASE) Home Program serves moderate-income Bay Area homeowners who earn too m...
BayREN Home Energy Score & Rebate
BayREN offers a $200 rebate when a homeowner gets a Home Energy Score assessment, a DOE-certified energy audit that rate...
California Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
The federally funded Weatherization Assistance Program provides free energy efficiency improvements to income-qualified ...
LIHEAP, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
LIHEAP provides federally funded energy bill assistance and crisis grants to income-qualified California households, hel...
California HEEHRA, Home Electrification & Appliance Rebates
California's HEEHRA program (funded by the federal Inflation Reduction Act) provides point-of-sale rebates for electrifi...
USDA Section 504 Home Repair Loan & Grant
USDA Section 504 provides very-low-income homeowners in eligible rural areas with loans up to $40,000 (1% interest, 20-y...
VA Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant
The VA's Specially Adapted Housing grant helps veterans with severe service-connected disabilities build or modify a hom...
VA Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) Grant
The VA Special Housing Adaptation grant is available to veterans with specific service-connected disabilities including ...
VA Home Improvements & Structural Alterations (HISA) Grant
The VA HISA grant provides funds for home improvements and structural alterations medically necessary for veterans to co...
Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) Seismic Retrofit Grant
The Earthquake Brace + Bolt program provides grants to homeowners in eligible ZIP codes to seismically retrofit wood-fra...
California Disabled Veterans' Property Tax Exemption
California's Disabled Veterans' Property Tax Exemption reduces the assessed value of the principal residence of qualifie...
California Homeowners' Property Tax Exemption
Any California homeowner who occupies their property as their principal residence on January 1 can claim a $7,000 assess...
CA State Controller Property Tax Postponement Program
California's Property Tax Postponement Program allows seniors (62+), blind, or disabled homeowners with household income...
FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage
The FHA 203(k) loan allows homeowners to finance both a home purchase (or refinance) and renovation costs in a single mo...
CalHFA MyHome Down Payment Assistance
CalHFA's MyHome Assistance Program provides first-time homebuyers a deferred-payment junior loan for down payment and/or...
Empower Homebuyers SCC Program
The Empower Homebuyers SCC program provides first-time homebuyers in Santa Clara County with a 30-year deferred shared a...
CalHFA ADU Grant Program
CalHFA's ADU Grant Program provided up to $40,000 to reimburse pre-development and non-recurring closing costs (permits,...
HUD Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program
HUD's Lead Hazard Reduction grant program provides funding to identify and remediate lead-based paint hazards in pre-197...
Santa Clara County HOME Investment Partnerships Program
Santa Clara County administers federal HOME Investment Partnerships funds for housing rehabilitation in unincorporated c...
City of San José HOME Investment Partnerships Program
The City of San José receives annual federal HOME Investment Partnerships funds and grants them to nonprofit partners (s...
CA Manufactured Housing Opportunity & Revitalization (MORE) Program
California's MORE program funds acquisition, rehabilitation, and health/safety improvements for mobilehome parks and ind...
California Solar Energy System Property Tax Exclusion
California law permanently excludes the value of qualifying solar energy systems from property tax assessment, ensuring ...
PG&E GoGreen Home Energy Financing
PG&E's GoGreen Home Energy Financing connects customers with third-party lenders for up to 100% financing of energy upgr...
Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Home Rebates
Silicon Valley Clean Energy provides home electrification rebates to customers in Milpitas, Cupertino, Morgan Hill, Gilr...
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program provides 75% federal funding (with 25% local match) for projects that reduce futu...
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) Residential Rebates
Silicon Valley Power is the municipal utility for the City of Santa Clara (not San José). SVP offered up to $11,000 for ...
Bay Area Community Services DOE Weatherization (Local WAP Provider)
The DOE Weatherization Assistance Program is delivered locally in Santa Clara County through a CSD-designated subgrantee...
Rebuilding Together Peninsula, SCC-Funded Repairs
Rebuilding Together Peninsula administers county CDBG-funded home repairs for homeowners in the Los Altos and other nort...
CalVet Home Loan Program
The CalVet Home Loan Program provides California veterans with competitive interest rate mortgage loans for home purchas...
San José Clean Energy EcoHome Payment Plan
San José Clean Energy's EcoHome Payment Plan offers interest-free financing of up to $5,000 with no money down for up to...
Santa Clara County Sustainability Electrification Rebates
Santa Clara County's Office of Sustainability and Resilience operates a centralized rebate finder at sustainability.sant...
City of San José Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Housing Stability
The City of San José's Emergency Solutions Grant program funds nonprofit organizations that provide housing stability se...
CalVet Veterans Property Tax Exemption (Basic & Low-Income)
California offers multiple veteran property tax exemptions through CalVet and the county assessor. The basic veteran exe...
CA IPA (Income-Qualified Affordable Rate), PG&E REACH Program
PG&E's REACH (Relief for Energy Assistance through Community Help) program provides one-time emergency bill assistance c...
HUD-Approved Housing Counseling, Home Repair Navigation
HUD-approved housing counseling agencies in San José provide free or low-cost counseling to help homeowners navigate ava...
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...
Check program coordination before building a budget
A local grant, utility rebate, or tax credit may cover different parts of a project, but administrators set their own coordination rules. Confirm compatibility and payment timing with each official source.
Build a funding plan
Pick a project to screen resources and see what still needs verification.
Contractor listings in San Jose
Browse claimed businesses and clearly labeled public-record listings. Always verify licensing, insurance, references, and fit before hiring.
No contractors listed yet, be the first in this market.
Request a local contractor match
Tell us about your project. With your permission, we will share it with active contractors serving your city. A match is an introduction, not an endorsement or proof of program experience.
Request city program-change alerts
Subscribe for this city only. If our scheduled checks detect a new stored program, an opening or closure, a deadline or funding-status change, or a correction to a stored amount, we may email you. This is not a periodic digest: no email is sent when no qualifying change is detected. Detection, coverage, and delivery are not guaranteed, so keep checking with administrators. Every alert includes an unsubscribe link.