Somerset County Board of Freeholders
Low- or moderate-income residents who need to make home renovations may be able to get assistance from the Somerset County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Rehabilitation Program.
Residents from any of Somerset County’s 21 municipalities may apply, but applicants are being sought particularly in Bedminster, Bernards, Bernardsville, Bound Brook, Branchburg, Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone and Rocky Hill.
“The CDBG Housing Rehabilitation program provides assistance to eligible homeowners who need to renovate or replace substandard heating, electrical or plumbing systems,” said Freeholder Patricia Walsh, human services division liaison.
“Program funds also can be used to make structural repairs, alterations to correct code violations, improvements designed to reduce operating expenses and other repair work necessary for upgrading existing homes to standard condition,” she said.
Block grant funds are used to provide as much as $18,000 of rehabilitation assistance to homeowners who meet household income criteria. Funding for the program is provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
For more information, prospective applicants should call Tracey Rizk at the Somerset County Community Development at 908-541-5756.
