The Residential Rehabilitation Program as administered by the Office of Community Development (OCD) is designed to help people of limited income have necessary improvements and/or upgrades performed on their owner-occupied homes. Income eligibility determination is based on the income limits set forth by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). With OCD’s Residential Rehabilitation program, each
municipality that receives residential rehabilitation funding is obligated to outreach to low/mod income homeowners in need of weatherization and other health and safety improvements. The work performed may
include energy saving items such as, windows, doors, roofs, high efficiency boilers, and burners. Architectural barrier removal, and handicap accessibility. Each home must be tested for lead-based paint if the home was constructed prior to 1978.
All OCD administered residential rehabilitation projects are subject to a 5-year interest free, forgivable recapture note and mortgage. The note stipulates that if the homeowner sells the property within 5 years, OCD will recapture
a portion of the funds allotted to the rehabilitation project. The Town of Hempstead, Town of Oyster Bay, and Town of North Hempstead administer their own Residential Rehabilitation programs for unincorporated areas
within their townships and have their own processes.
