City of Statesboro’s 2024 Housing Rehabilitation Program, Application Deadline August 6

The City of Statesboro’s Housing Rehabilitation Program was created with funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The program is for homeowners with lower incomes who occupy substandard housing and would like to be considered for rehabilitation assistance. Applications are open until August 6 for the 2024 Housing Rehabilitation program.

Applicants must meet certain criteria to be considered for the program. See the criteria and the application below:

1. Occupant household income must be at or below:

2.  All households served must occupy a unit with structural deficiencies. This program is designed to address housing needs, not minor structural cosmetic improvements. The maximum limit for rehabilitation is calculated at $70 per heated square feet.

3. All units must be located within the limits of the City of Statesboro.

4. Manufactured housing must have been converted into real property if owned and occupied by the homeowner prior to selection.

See the pdf application below.

The City of Statesboro received $12,306,220.00 ARPA funds in 2021 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Statesboro City Council approved the allocation of $5,000,000.00 of those funds to be used to provide rehabilitation or replacement housing assistance to lower-income homeowner households in the city.

Anyone with questions is asked to contact the City of Statesboro’s Planning & Development Department at 912-764-0630.