Homeownership: Home Improvement and Rehabilitation
Recognizes an HFA for a new or enhanced program that best provides home improvement and rehabilitation financing to HFA targeted customers.
Judging Criteria
Entries in the Homeownership category will be judged on the degree to which they:
- Are innovative
- Are replicable
- Respond to an important state housing need
- Use data, research, and analysis to demonstrate measurable benefits to HFA targeted customers and underserved markets
- Have a proven track record of success in the marketplace
- Provide benefits that outweigh costs
- Demonstrate effective use of resources
- Effectively employ partnerships
- Achieve strategic objectives
If you have questions, please email awards@ncsha.org or call 202-624-7710.
2024 Winner
Illinois Housing Development Authority
2024 Entries
Idaho Housing and Finance Association:
From First Home to Forever Home
For the past five years Idaho has been ranked among the fastest growing population states in the U.S. Property values have increased 87% since 2019. Combine sky-rocketing housing prices with an aging housing supply and there becomes a clear need for a loan program that allows existing homeowners to stay in their current home and make the necessary repairs and renovations to make their first home their “forever” home. Recognizing that need, IHFA stood up a Home Renovation Loan Program.
Illinois Housing Development Authority:
Illinois Land Bank Technical Assistance Program
The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) created the Land Bank Technical Assistance Program (LBTA) to provide targeted support, advice, and training to units of local government presently in, or interested in, forming, or joining a land bank to address home improvement and broader community revitalization. LBTA helps put vacant and abandoned homes back on the market.
Louisiana Housing Corporation:
Blue Tarp Fund Roofing Repair Program
Nearly 100 Louisiana residents who faced significant roof problems predominantly caused by the numerous weather-related events that blanketed the state throughout 2020 and 2021 are now able to breathe a sigh of relief! The program was designed initially to provide grants of up to $15,000 to aid vulnerable households in roof repairs or replacements for owner occupied homes.
