Keeping
Cleveland Heights
in good repair!

COMMUNITY BENEFITS

Highlights of Fiscal 2011  

Between July 2010 and June 2011:

  • 234 households were helped to make over $510,500 in home repairs (all programs)
  • 41 households borrowed for home repairs through HRRC's Financial Assistance Programs
  • 27 high-risk loans were guaranteed, allowing completion of essential repairs and access to conventional credit for homeowners who would otherwise be subject to costly fees and/or sub-prime lending rates
  • As a HUD-certified counseling agency, Home Repair Resource Center provided foreclosure counseling and intervention services to more than 350 households to combat escalating foreclosures in our community
  • 200 households were served by Home Repair Resource Center's financial education and counseling program, which helps participants improve their budgeting and money management skills and gives prospective home buyers a better understanding of the home buying process.
  • Home in the Heights, a subsidiary of Home Repair Resource Center, completed the purchase and renovation of another foreclosed, vacant, and deteriorated property, completing a high-quality renovation, and selling the home to responsible homeowner-occupants
  • 304 households participated in Project Repair's hands-on workshops, tool loans and consultations
  • 15 low- and moderate-income women heads of house graduated from HRRC's Home How-To program, a six-month "hands-on" skills training course in basic carpentry, electrical and plumbing repairs
  • the 16th annual “Community Home Remodeling Fair,” co-sponsored with the City of Cleveland Heights, attracted iver 100 residents
  • overall, more than 1200 residents were assisted with budget counseling, repair advice, help and information

Community Benefit — Historical Perspective:

  • over the last five years, $2.6 million in repairs have been accomplished (all programs)
  • over $871,000 in repairs were completed through HRRC's Financial Assistance Programs during that period
  • over $1.2 million in repairs were completed through Project Repair's workshops, tools and advice during that period