Rehabilitation for owner-occupied homes:

The Neighborhood Services division offers rehabilitation assistance to homeowners who have problems with their houses. The purpose of the Residential Rehabilitation Program is to assist low- and moderate-income homeowners with repairs to major systems such as plumbing, electric, heat and air conditioning, roof, or structural components. Federal guidelines prohibit the repairs of swimming pools, garages, fences, landscaping sprinkler systems, and other items that which are considered a luxury. This program provides a non-performing loan to income eligible homeowners that becomes a grant after successful participation in the program. Successful participation includes:

• having a lien placed on the property by the City of Yuma for the duration of the non-performing loan (duration depends on the amount of funds spent on the project),
• ensuring the home is owner occupied during the entire duration of the loan, and
• providing annual loan servicing documents to the City of Yuma throughout the duration of the loan 
 
To qualify for the program, the applicant must live in the City of Yuma limits and meet HUD-defined income guidelines.  Income from all household members will be reviewed to income qualify the applicant. The current income limits are as follows: 

Examples

Left: Before. Right: After.

Left: Before. Right: After.

Left: Before. Right: After.

If you need home repairs, but have limited funds, create an account and submit a pre-application through https://portal.neighborlysoftware.com/YUMAAZ/Participant.

View the brochure for the Housing Rehabilitation Program(English and Spanish) 

For more information about housing rehabilitation assistance, call Neighborhood Services at 928-373-5187 or email NeighborhoodServices@Yumaaz.gov. 

More Information

These other programs can also help provide a safe, decent home: (links to external agencies)

• Western Arizona Council of Governments (WACOG)
• Housing Authority of the City of Yuma (Public Housing)
• Yuma County Housing Department
• Yuma County Housing Rehabilitation Program

If you are going to hire a contractor to do work at your home, check them out first. These two links can help you see if the contractor is licensed by the state or if there are any complaints at the Better Business Bureau:

• Arizona Registrar of Contractors
• Arizona Better Business Bureau