Home and Housing Resources

For more than 30 years, Oakland County's Community & Home Improvement Division has met the home improvement needs of low and moderate-income homeowners.
                                                   

• Make needed repairs
• Maintain or increase your home's value
• Decrease utility bills
  

Loans of up to $18,000 are available to qualified homeowners. There are no monthly payments or interest until you no longer reside in your home.

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• Resolving mortgage and property tax delinquency, default and foreclosure
• Reverse mortgages to allow seniors to stay in their home and maintain a comfortable lifestyle
• Tenant and landlord rental housing issues such as evictions and security deposit law
• Protection under fair housing laws
• Government subsidies for rent and/or purchase
• Non-government subsidies for low cost housing and assistance with security deposits, utility payments, and/or back rent
• Emergency shelters, job training and non-profit and government agencies
• Homeownership opportunities for low income, disabled and minority families
• Home buyer education
• Credit repair and financial management
• Ensure fair housing by identifying barriers and setting goals to overcome the impediments
• Housing Counseling Hotline 248-858-5402
• Foreclosure Hotline 248-858-1891

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

• Assist low and moderate income persons (70 percent CDBG spending must benefit this group)
• Prevent or eliminate slums and blight
• Meet an urgent community need where no other funding is available