Home Improvement Grants in San Marcos.
Browse cataloged grants, rebates, loans, and other assistance records for San Marcos, CA. Verify each program's current rules, service area, and status.
The San Marcos, CA directory shows 25 cataloged resources. Of those, 22 are currently open or actionable home improvement or repair assistance records; the largest published amount stored among those 22 records is $126,526, not an estimate of your award. Discovery tags include 4 senior-related records, 2 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 2026-06-09. How we verify our data.
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| Funding type | Records | What to verify | Label scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 18 | 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 | 2 | Eligible purchases, upfront payment, and claim timing | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
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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...
San Marcos Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program
Provides forgivable loans for major home repairs to income-qualified owner-occupied homes in San Marcos. Loan is forgive...
San Marcos ADA Home Modification Program
Grant funding for accessibility modifications to owner-occupied homes in San Marcos for residents with disabilities. Cov...
San Marcos Senior Home Repair Program
Provides home repair grants to San Marcos homeowners age 62 and older with moderate incomes. Program assists seniors wit...
California Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
Federally-funded program administered by San Diego County Community Action Partnership providing free weatherization ser...
SDG&E Home Energy Efficiency Rebates
SDG&E offers rebates for energy-efficient home upgrades including insulation, HVAC systems, duct sealing, water heaters,...
SDG&E Heat Pump HVAC Rebate
Rebate program for installing qualifying electric heat pump HVAC systems in San Marcos homes. Higher rebates available f...
SDG&E Net Energy Metering (NEM 3.0)
Net energy metering allows San Marcos solar customers to receive export credits for excess electricity sent to the grid....
California Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP)
Provides incentives for home battery energy storage systems paired with solar. Higher incentives ($850-$1,000/kWh) avail...
California DAC-SASH Solar Program
Provides upfront solar incentives for income-qualified homeowners in disadvantaged communities. Incentive typically cove...
SDG&E Energy Savings Assistance Program
Income-qualified San Marcos households receive free energy-saving improvements including attic insulation, weather strip...
California Lead Hazard Reduction Program
Provides free lead hazard testing and abatement services for income-qualified households in pre-1978 homes with children...
CalHome Seismic Retrofit Grant
Provides grants for seismic retrofit improvements to single-family homes, including foundation bolting and cripple wall ...
USDA Section 504 Home Repair Program
Provides loans up to $27,500 and grants up to $10,000 to very-low-income rural homeowners for repairs to remove health a...
VA Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant
Helps veterans with certain service-connected disabilities adapt or purchase a home to accommodate their disabilities. C...
VA Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) Grant
Helps veterans with certain service-connected disabilities adapt a home they or a family member live in. For veterans wi...
San Diego County Emergency Home Repair Grant
Provides emergency home repair grants for owner-occupied homes in unincorporated San Diego County and participating citi...
San Marcos Sewer Lateral Repair Assistance
Low-interest loans to assist San Marcos homeowners with repair or replacement of private sewer lateral lines from the ho...
FHA Title I Property Improvement Loan
FHA-insured loan for home improvements requiring no equity, available to San Marcos homeowners through approved lenders....
SDG&E CARE / FERA Discount Program
California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) provides monthly discounts of 30-35% on electric and gas bills for income-q...
San Diego County HOME Rehabilitation Program
Uses federal HOME Investment Partnerships funds to provide deferred forgivable loans for major home rehabilitation to lo...
California Property Tax Postponement Program
Allows eligible senior, blind, or disabled San Marcos homeowners to defer current-year property taxes on their primary r...
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