Emergency Home Repair Grant

Contact Information

Phone: 530.538.2495
Fax: 530.538.2539
Email: housing@cityoforoville.org

**Currently the City of Oroville is seeking a licensed general contractor to contract with the City for the Emergency and Minor Home Repair Programs. For more information, please click on the Request for Proposal and Handyman Application below.**

• Request For Proposal 
• Handyman Application

Overview

The City of Oroville currently offers a program to assist senior and disabled homeowners who don’t have financial resources to complete minor and emergency property repairs.  A grant of up to $1,000 per year, per single-family stick-built households, and $1,500 per year for mobile home households is available or $2,000 life-time limit for single-family stick-built households and $3,000 life-time limit for mobile home households.

Basic Eligibility Requirements

• Applicant must own and occupy their home or mobile home
• Applicant must be a senior citizen, 65+ years of age or physically disabled
• Applicant must live within the Oroville City limits
• Applicant must meet the income guidelines as follows

Eligible Repairs

The program was designed to help senior and disabled persons obtain assistance with small but important health and safety repairs. Eligible repairs include, but are not limited to such jobs as:

• Plumbing: Leaking, broken, non-operating sinks, toilets, faucets, garbage disposals and water heaters.
• Small Electrical Hazards: Lights, outlets, and switches.
• Weatherization: Weather stripping, caulking around doors and windows.
• Maintenance Repairs: Evaporative coolers, furnaces, roofing, gutters, steps, railings and hazardous trees.
• Correcting Trip Hazards.
• Installation of Grab bars
• Smoke Detector Repair or Replacement.
• Health and Safety Hazards.