home repair program
West Tuality Habitat for Humanity’s home preservation program is now accepting applications from homeowners in need of critical home repairs!
West Tuality Habitat’s program has helped hundreds of homeowners throughout our service area in Western Washington County, Oregon.
Our home presevation program provides critical repairs to homeowners who are low-income, have a military veteran in the household, have a senior in the household, have a person with disabilities in the household, or who are homeowners who are in some way vulnerable because of income or disabilities. Please note that this program is not open to people who rent their homes.
We are excited to announce our partner with Energy Trust of Oregon and the Oregon Energy Fund. Partnerships are essential to the work of West Tuality Habitat for Humanity.
Energy Trust of Oregon is a nonprofit organization and it is funded, in part, by PGE and Pacific power, through customer utility bills, and regulated by state utility oversight to offer no cost energy efficient home solutions for electrical grid clients.
Oregon Energy Fund is also a nonprofit organization and is funded in part by NW Natural for its activities to deliver gas appliance replacements for low and fixed income households. The fund also provides energy bill assistance to low-income Oregonians.
If you have questions about your or a family member’s eligibility for the West Tuality Habitat home preservation program, please read this page carefully and then complete and submit the form at the end of this page to the best of your abilities.
Repairs Habitat offers
Energy Upgrades and weatherization, including no cost electric HVAC replacement.
Water heater replacements.
Attic/basement insulation.
ADA solutions, including accessibility ramps construction and repair and rail and grab bars installation.
Exterior repairs, including siding repair, trim repair, porch stairs repairs, exterior paint
We also can coordinate neighborhood cleanup / revitalization projects, mobilizing volunteers to undertake one-time yard work for a neighbor or group of neighbors, fence repair, yard debris removal and home debris removal. Please see this web page for more information about cleanup/revitalization projects.
How it works
Interested homeowners that meet the qualifications (see below) submit their applications. Habitat reviews applications and we work with the selected homeowners to schedule projects. Habitat serves as the general contractor and may complete repair projects using Habitat staff and volunteers, or may hire subcontractors, depending on the nature of the work.
Please note that we may need weeks or even months to schedule work.
How to qualify
Qualified applicants must
own and reside in the own home or mobile home that will receive repairs (sorry, but our program is not open to renters nor homeowners who rent out their properties)
reside in the home in our service area:
Banks (97106)
Buxton (97109)
Cornelius (97113)
Forest Grove (97116)
Gales Creek (97117)
Gaston (97119)
Manning (97125)
North Plains (97133)
Timber (97144)
meet our income qualifications
Qualifying Household Income Limits:
| # of Persons in Household | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum Household Income | $69,550 | $79,450 | $89,400 | $99,300 | $107,250 | $115,200 | $123,150 | $131,100 |
| Household Income = all gross income for all adults who will live in the home | ||||||||
Our service area
Banks | 97106
Buxton | 97109
Cornelius | 97113
Forest Grove | 97116
Gales Creek | 97117
Gaston | 97119
Manning | 97125
North Plains | 97133
Timber | 97144
Habitat cannot determine program eligibility prior to the submission of a completed application. We cannot make decisions about eligibility by phone. If you have questions about eligibility, please FIRST complete and submit the online form further down on this page to the best of your abilities.
Please scroll down and fill out the online form to submit your information online, and if you qualify, we will let you know so you can receive our full application by email or by postal mail. Or you can pick up a full application at the Forest Grove ReStore, complete it by hand and mail it to our offices (PO Box 806, Forest Grove, OR 97116) or drop it off for us at the Forest Grove ReStore (please give it to our cashiers at our ReStore at 3731 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove, Mondays through Saturdays, 9 to 5). We cannot provide the full application on our web site; please complete the form further down on this page to receive the full form via email or postal mail.
If you are NOT in Western Washington County, Oregon (if your zip code is not in the drop down menu), we cannot provide home repair services; instead, visit the national Habitat for Humanity web site and look for the Habitat affiliate that serves your area. For instance, of you live in Eastern Washington County or Multnomah County, you can apply for home repairs with Habitat Portland or through a program by the county government where you live.
Initial application / Formulario:
questions?
Habitat cannot determine home repair program eligibility prior to the submission of a completed application. If you have questions, please FIRST complete and submit the form, and note your questions on the form, and our program manager will get back to you within five business days.
You can read more about how we used federal funds for COVID relief to help people in our community with critical home repairs, and see a video of our update about the program here.
West Tuality Habitat for Humanity is an Equal Housing Opportunity provider. We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin. We also do not discriminate because all or part of the applicant’s income is derived from public assistance programs.
Oregon Construction Contractors Board # 201615