While Habitat for Humanity is best known for building homes for those who need them, Lakeshore Habitat has helped families with affordable home repairs since 1990. Lakeshore Habitat is expanding that home repair program to those in Allegan to keep neighbors warm, safe, and dry this winter.
The Home Repair program, funded primarily by a grant from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), will provide affordable home repair relief to low-income households in the City of Allegan.
An additional grant from the Allegan County Community Foundation funded the hiring of a new Home Repair Coordinator, Jackson Nickolay, who will manage the Home Repair Program.
Potential home repair projects include energy efficiency repairs (insulation, windows, etc.), accessibility improvements such as ramps, minor home repairs (gutters, unsecured entries, health and safety repairs, and electrical issues) exterior rehabilitation (siding and failed structural components), and roofs.
The program will provide a variety of …