The Revere Affordable Housing Trust presented the near‑final online application for a $50,000 senior citizen home‑repairs program and said applications will be accepted on a rolling, first‑come, first‑served basis until funds are exhausted. The city staff member presenting the application said most awards will top out at $5,000 per project.

The application matters because it defines who can get repairs that help older homeowners remain in their residences. Trust staff said the program targets owner‑occupied households age 60 and older with incomes at or below 80% of area median income, using HUD income limits for the Boston‑Cambridge‑Quincy metropolitan area.

City staff walked the trust through the online form and supporting documents required to apply. The presenter said applicants must submit proof of age and residency, documentation of household income (including income of all household members), a contractor’s estimate or quote, homeowners insurance and photos of the repair area. Asset‑verification questions and signed attestations about bankruptcies or outstanding judgments are part of the form. The presenter acknowledged a remaining technical issue: the employment fields now appear as mandatory and staff are adding a preliminary “employment/retired/not working” selector so retired applicants can skip employer‑specific fields.

“We will go to the assessor’s office … and make sure that everything matches up in the lines between who’s submitting the application and who the owner of the property is,” the presenter told the trust, describing internal checks. The presenter also said the city will respond within one business day to confirm receipt of applications and that processing time will vary with application complexity.

Trust members asked about help for applicants who are not tech‑savvy; the presenter said senior center staff will be trained to assist in person and can upload materials for applicants. The presenter said an email contact will be required with each application for processing and follow‑up; the senior center can provide an email alias if a claimant does not have one. The presenter also said the program will be promoted through the senior center, community liaisons, 311, the local newspaper and Revere TV.

Regarding timing and funding, the presenter said there is no hard application deadline: “The funds will be spent until they’ve been exhausted. So I think it’s 50,000 in total, and then a maximum of 5,000 per project,” and that awards will be processed in timestamp order. The presenter asked the trust for final feedback and said the IT glitch was expected to be resolved in a matter of days.

Less urgent details: the trust’s treasurer reported the trust account balance earlier in the meeting as $913,996.44. Trust members indicated they prefer to get the senior repairs application online and running before launching a separate ADU loan program to avoid concurrent large application rounds.

The trust did not vote to approve new funding at this meeting; staff presented the application for feedback and said they will return with the application live once the technical issue is fixed.