State Housing Initiative Partnership Program (SHIP) funds will be used to provide assistance to owner-occupied households that are at or below the very low income (VLI) level (50%) of area’s median income to make emergency repairs. The maximum award is set at $10,000.

Applications will be accepted as they are received.  Prior to any processing of the application, the emergency conditions must be verified by HANDS staff.  Following verification, the application, certification and required work will proceed as expeditiously as practicable to resolve the emergency. 

Emergency repairs will be limited to the minimum necessary to resolve the immediate threat to the homeowner.  An emergency repair is the minimum necessary to correct a verified safety or health hazard.  This is not a rehabilitation strategy; it is limited to making emergency repairs.  Specific decisions on necessary repairs shall be determined by the HANDS staff and will be final.

Please call the HANDS Office at 321-952-3429 for assistance.

Housing Rehabilitation, Utility Hook-up and Rental Assistance
Programs

The City regrets to inform you that all available funds for this fiscal year have been committed. The City has been notified through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation that no funding will be available next fiscal year. The earliest new funding might be available around July 1, 2010.