We work with partner agencies to offer home repair loans to seniors.
Learn about the program
The Boston Home Center works with several neighborhood agencies that will assist you with applying for minor to larger repairs for your home. We offer zero percent-interest (0%), deferred loans for older homeowners.
You can use the loans to make many types of repairs, including:
- replacing a heating system, porch, or roof
- fixing a broken window or stair tread
- updating a bathroom or kitchen
- painting the outside of your house, or
- other repairs that make your home more habitable.
Contact your neighborhood agency
Your local agency will come to your house and help you find out what type of repairs you need. They will also help you apply to the City's Senior Home Repair Program. The Boston Home Center will help estimate the cost of your repairs and prioritize emergency repairs needed.
Here’s a list of agencies we work with, based on neighborhood:
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NEIGHBORHOOD |
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Ecumenical Social Action Committee (ESAC) Address: 434 Jamaicaway Contact: Kim Pressey, 617-524-2555, extension 104 |
Allston-Brighton, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, and West Roxbury |
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Bay Cove Address: 1500 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, MA 02122 Contact: Leo Moss, 617-533-9141 |
Dorchester (02122, 02125) |
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Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) Address: 143 Border St., Boston, MA 02128 Contact: Anthony D’Andrea, 617-418-8265 |
Charlestown, East Boston North End, and West End |
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Tenants Development Corporation (TDC) Address: 566 Columbus Ave., Boston, MA 02118 Contact: Maria DePina, 857-362-0287 |
Back Bay, Dorchester (02121 and 02124), Fenway, Roxbury, South Boston (02127) and South End (02118) |
complete your application
Complete the application for Senior Home Repair
Your agency can help you complete the application and gather the documents needed for the City to verify your program eligibility.
They'll let you know what other documents you need and will help you upload them.
Check on your application
To find out the status of your application, you can call us at the Boston Home Center at 617-635-HOME (4663).
Complete your project and pay your loan
Your neighborhood agency will help you through the loan process. Once you get funding, the Boston Home Center will set up the work on your home. We will help you until the job is finished.
You have to pay us back based on the terms of the loan. You must pay the loan in full if you move, sell, refinance, or transfer the title of your home.
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Need to Know:ARE YOU ELIGIBLE?You can get a Senior Home Repair loan, if you:
- are at least 62 years old
- own and live in a one-to-four-family home in Boston
- are current on your property tax payments
- are current on payments to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, and
- have a household income that’s not more than 80 percent of the Area Median Income. If you live in a multi-family home, at least 50 percent of the residents must be low or moderate income.
For information on other resources for senior homeowners, please visit the seniors section of our buying and owning a home guide.
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Contact:
Housing
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12 Channel Street
9th FloorBoston, MA 02210
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43 hawkins street
boston, MA 02114
