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1. HUD Housing Counseling Program
Brief Description: Provide HUD approved Housing Counseling Services to distress Homeowners facing foreclosure.
Program Area: Citywide.
Services: HUD approved Foreclosure Prevention / First Time Home Buyers Counseling
2. State of Michigan Energy Efficiency Program
Brief Description: Energy Efficiency Program
Program Area: Statewide / Citywide.
Services: Teach homeowners how to be energy wiseConduct Energy Efficiency Home Inspection Write-up Energy Efficiency Specification for appliances/electrical/pluming/heating-cooling
3. HUD City of Detroit Minor Home Repair Program
Brief Description: Administers the City of Detroit Home Repair Program that serves Detroit residents with home repair grants. Allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and/or City of Detroit General Fund dollars.
Program Area: Citywide
Services: Performing home inspections to identify the eligible priority home repair needs of the home/homeowner in order to develop specifications to complete construction. Preparing scopes of work/specifications. Perform environmental review, historic preservation and lead based-paint reviews under state and federal statutes, as applicable Preparing cost estimates and bid packages and conducting bid walk for contractors.
Reviewing bids for costs and program standards and awarding a construction contract.
Prepare and execute all project documents including grant agreements, inspection reports, photos, construction-related documents, final inspections (including those from City of Detroit Building Department) and all other documents related to the project.
Monitor and review contractor work to ensure compliance with local and state building codes
4. HUD City of Detroit Senior Home Repair Program
Brief Description: Administers Senior Emergency Home Repair Program that serves Detroit residents 62 years or older (or 55 years or older if they receive Social Security Disability) Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and/or City of Detroit General Fund dollars.
Program Area: Citywide.
Services: Performing home inspections to identify the eligible priority home repair needs of the Senior home repair in order to develop specifications to complete construction. Preparing scopes of work/specifications. Perform environmental review, historic preservation and lead based-paint reviews under state and federal statutes, as applicable Preparing cost estimates and bid packages and conducting bid walk for contractors.
Reviewing bids for costs and program standards and awarding a construction contract.
Prepare and execute all project documents including grant agreements, inspection reports, photos, construction-related documents, final inspections (including those from City of Detroit Building Department) and all other documents related to the project.
Monitor and review contractor work to ensure compliance with local and state building codes.
5. HOMELESS FEMALE VETERANS PROGRAM
Brief Description: We have taken on this task to help female veterans transition back into the community and in some cases assist them in climbing out of homelessness and/or avoiding it all together. Our residential site offers co-op housing Pod’s where our residents/potential residents rally around each other during the transitional housing process in an efforts to be successful. Our housing program offer’s both temporary and permanent solutions to at-risk, low-income, and homeless female veterans (No children).
In this program female veterans are paired with other like female veterans in an effort to support one another in re-entering the community. Together they share one housing Pod which has a common living area, a shared dining area and shared computer work space. Each Pod can house 2 to 5 females.
Program Area: Citywide/Statewide.
Services: Proactively seek homeless or at risk of homeless female veterans in need of assistance.
