Programs

Owner-Occupied Housing Grant/Loan Program

Subject to funding availability, the City of Elmira offers low to moderate income individuals or families grants and loans to make home improvements.

Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Program

The City of Elmira is excited to announce that $1.3 million Lead Hazard Control Grant (LHCG) has been received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the purpose of removing lead and other health hazards in housing built before 1978 where children under 6 and pregnant women reside.

Home Headquarters Home Improvement Loan & Grant Program

Leading in Lead Prevention Pilot Program

The program aims to remediate lead hazards from renal units in select communities of concern

Vacant Rental Improvement Program

The City of Elmira’s Vacant Rental Improvement Program (“VRP”) is a grant program funded by the State of New York and the Housing Trust Fund Corporation’s (HTFC) Office of Community Renewal (“OCR”), to support repairs and rehabilitation of vacant rental units and other vacant spaces to increase the supply of critically needed apartments for low- and moderate-income renters outside of New York City. The program aims to help owners of rental properties bring vacant units and spaces in small-scale properties back into productive use to create safe, quality, and affordable long-term rental units.