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Home Preservation with Habitat for Humanity
Through our Aging in Place and Critical Home Repair programs, Habitat helps older adults age at home and in communities of their choice. Our local Habitat affiliate is working to collaborate with human services organizations to evaluate individual needs and provide critical home repairs, modifications and community services specific to each homeowner’s lifestyle to preserve their home and their independence.
We work locally with residents, community leaders, and organizations throughout Goodhue County to best address real concerns and improve the lives of the people who live there.
Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity’s Critical Home Repair (CHR) program is designed to help lower income homeowners on a variety of projects to improve the safety of the home and the health of the people who live there.
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Home repairs may include:
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Correcting mandatory rehab problems such as roofs, windows, siding/exterior painting
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Making a home more suitable for a family by adding accessibility modifications
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*Additions or expansions are not included.​​
Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity’s A Brush with Kindness (ABWK) program is designed to help lower income homeowners maintain the exterior of their homes by providing safe and healthy housing repairs and improvements to the exterior of their home.(i.e. installing flooring, patching and painting), siding, windows, and landscaping..
​Home improvements may include:
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Correcting mandatory rehab problems such as roofs, windows, siding/exterior painting
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Landscaping
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Seasonal Maintenance
Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity’s Aging in Place (AIP) and Live Well at Home programs are designed to help preserve homeownership by bringing housing services together to assist older adults to remain in their home safely as they age.
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Home modifications may include:
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Smart doorbells and devices
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Improved lighting
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Ramps
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Stair lifts and chair lifts
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Grab bars and extra railings
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Hand-held showers
Qualifications
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Own and occupy your home.
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Meet income guidelines.
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Demonstrate that the project(s) within the scope of Habitat’s capabilities will allow you to stay in your home longer and more safely.
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Willing (when able) to assist volunteers with the work.
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