The Village of Stewart Manor participates with
Nassau County and the federal government in a “Residential Rehabilitation Program”.
As per the Nassau County Website: The Residential
Rehabilitation Program is administered by the Office of Community Development
(OCD) was designed to help people of limited income have necessary repairs
and/or upgrades performed on their owner-occupied homes. Income eligibility
determination is based on the income limits set forth by the U.S. Department of
Housing & Urban Development (HUD). With OCD’s Residential
Rehabilitation program, each municipality that receives Residential
Rehabilitation funding is obligated to outreach to low/mod income homeowners in
need of weatherization and other health and safety repairs. The work
performed may include energy saving items such as, windows, doors, roofs, high
efficiency boilers, and burners. Architectural barrier removal and handicap
accessibility, lead based paint testing and abatement are also eligible items
under this program. Rehabilitation Funds are not for decorative changes.
All OCD administered Residential Rehabilitation projects are subject to a Five-Year
Recapture Note and Mortgage. This note stipulates that if the homeowner
sells the property within five years, OCD will recapture the funds allotted to
the rehabilitation project. All eligible items covered under the program
are for functional rehabilitation of the home only.
The 2021 income levels to qualify for the
program are as follows (80% of the HUD Median Income Levels):
1
person household: $72,750
2
person household: $ 83,150
3
person household: $ 103,900 etc.
In order to apply for funding, one needs to submit
a letter to the Village Hall requesting consideration for the “Residential
Rehabilitation Program”. The letter must
contain one’s name, address and daytime phone number. The Village then forwards that information to
the County who will then send a confidential application. In order to be considered for funding, the
completed application, with the application fee, must be returned to the
County. The County will visit the home
to decide what essential work needs to be completed and, should the application
be approved, will hire a contractor to do the work (the resident does not
choose the contractor or the work per se).
One should be aware that there is limited funding for this program and
the process takes a minimum of several months to complete. Applying to the program is not a guarantee of
funding.
