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City staff explain HARBOR home‑repair grants, emergency repairs and tax-help referrals
Summary
Building and Inspections manager Helen Hill described the HARBOR grant program for building-order remediation (up to $30,000), eligibility rules and related emergency repair and tax assistance options, and City Council members encouraged broader outreach.
Helen Hill, manager of the City of Cincinnati Building and Inspections Department, described the Homeowner Assistance, Building Repair and Building Order Remission program (HARBOR), saying the program exists "to eliminate blight and and ensure building safety" by helping homeowners bring properties into compliance and then maintain them.
HARBOR is a grant program, Hill said; it is not a loan. "It's a grant fund. It's a grant program," she said. The program requires a city-issued building order and owner-occupancy; staff review 12 months of household income using HUD metro AMI guidelines and check that the home is not in foreclosure and property taxes are current.…
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