/ Other Home Improvements
PROGRAM
AGENCY
Handyworker Program
Los Angeles Housing + Community Investment Department (HCIDLA)
DESCRIPTION Provides free minor home repairs up to $5,000 and/or improvements to eligible homeowners that address basic health, safety, security, and accessibility issues of owner-occupied, single family homes or condominiums/townhomes. • Repair/replace-doors, windows, quick release for bedroom window security bars • Exterior repairs-fences, gates, porches, steps, walkways • Interior repairs-flooring, minor wall/ceiling repairs • Safety-smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors • Minor electrical repairs: light fixtures, outlets, switches • Minor plumbing repairs/replacement: faucets, toilets, water heater • Accessibility improvements-ramps, hand rails, grab bars • Earthquake Safety-Brace water heater, Seismic gas shutoff valve • Exterior Building repairs-Gutters, vents, siding, trim, fascia, stucco patch • Painting-interior and exterior • Installation of safety and security devices for renters: hand held showers, bath/shower seats, grab bars Emergency Services: • Clients with recent disability in need of accessibility improvements (e.g., wheelchair ramp) • Repairs to address immediate threats to the health and safety of the homeowner • Repairs to address code violations that are within the Program’s scope of services REQUIREMENTS What kind of supplemental documents are needed? Documents showing your age and disability status: photo ID and SSI letter from the Social Security Administration stating disability status Documents showing your income from all sources: Social Security Administration award letter, Workers Compensation disability statement, pay stubs, rental receipt, dividend income statement, etc. Documents showing your property ownership: property tax bill, trust agreement, co-owner’s death certificate, etc. Documents showing you live in that property: utility bill CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE PAGE 44
PROGRAM TYPE Home Upgrades; Home Repair TARGETED APPLICANT Single Family Residential ELIGIBLE AREAS City of Los Angeles RANGE OF ASSISTANCE Up to $5,000 for minor repairs, renters up to $300 in limited repairs for safety and devices. TIME FRAME All work is subject to availability of funds by region. Program policies are subject to change. EXPECTED TIME TO RECEIVE BENEFITS Varies by region which each have separate contracors and their own specified pool of funding which can run out at separate times. Also, lag times may aoccur between contracts with service providers, suspending available benefits until a new contract is signed. WEBSITE www.hcidla.lacity.org/handyworker CONTACT Phone: 213-808-8803, 213-808-8918 Toll-free hotline: 866-557-7368 For the hearing impaired: 213-473-3231 (TTY)
