EMERGENCY MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM

The City of Albuquerque Department of Family and Community Services Provides Funding for Emergency and Minor Home Repairs for Qualified Homeowners through the Mid-Rio Grande Chapter of the American Red Cross

PROGRAM INTENT:

For the past eighteen years, your local American Red Cross Chapter has administered a Community Block Development Grant for the City of Albuquerque, Department of Family and Community Services.

The objective of the program is to assist low-to-moderate income homeowners who do not have sufficient resources to make needed repairs to alleviate dangerous conditions in their homes.

Under the terms of the E/MHR grant, all owner-occupants living in the Albuquerque city limits who meet established income and ownership qualifications may receive FREE emergency and minor home repairs from licensed, bonded contractors, and/or qualified technicians.

Repairs on the property should be of an emergency nature and the owner must have no other resources for repairs. 

CLIENT ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS:

In order to be eligible for the Emergency and Minor Home Repair Program you MUST meet the following requirements:   

• The property must be inside the City limits
  
  
• The owner must reside in the home and provide proof of ownership
  
  
• The household income must not exceed the HUD guidlines listed below:
  Three (3) months of consecutive check stubs or a Social Security Benefit Letter for the current year and/or a Pension Retirement Letter, etc. must be provided

SERVICES PROVIDED:

Through the Emergency Minor Home Repair Progam, the American Red Cross will hire licensed, bonded contractors to provide repairs for the following services:

ELECTRICAL
FURNACE REPAIRS
GAS LEAKS
MAIN WATER LINES
MAJOR PLUMBING
ROOF REPAIRS
ROOF REPLACEMENTS
     (funding permitting)
SEWER LINE PROBLEMS
WATER HEATERS

American Red Cross technicians may provide repairs for the following services:

MINOR PLUMBING REPAIRS
MINOR HOME REPAIRS

The program provides replacements only when repairs are not successful.

SERVICES NOT PROVIDED:

ADDITIONS OR REMODELS
PAINTING - YARD WORK
APPLIANCE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
SCREENS AND SCREEN DOORS
PORCHES / GARAGES / OUTBUILDINGS

We always repair what can be repaired and make replacements only when necessary.

• Your name, phone number and address
  
• The number of persons living in your home
  
• The source and amount of income for all persons living in your home(documentation is required)
  
• Proof of home ownership and the value of your property (deed, title and/or real estate contract)
  
• The nature of the repairs to be completed.

*Please Note:  No work can begin until documentation of income, assets, and home ownership has been received.