Program
North Carolina home improvement help
Local help with home repairs and safety changes, arranged through your county.
What it can pay for
- ramps
- grab bars
- handrails
- Official name
- Housing and Home Improvement Assistance (HCCBG service, NC Division of Aging)
- Where
- NC
- Status
- Program running
- Most it pays
- $7,000 per-year
- About the amount
- No more than $7,000 per individual per PROGRAM YEAR (not calendar year). Individual providers may set their own lower per-job limits locally.
- Housing rules
- Owner and renter-occupied homes qualify; renters need WRITTEN landlord permission.
- How long it takes
- Not published; program year runs with the state fiscal year (July 1-June 30).
- How to apply
- Look up your county in the state's Housing and Home Improvement Provider Directory and call that local provider directly (county aging office, council on aging, or nonprofit); no statewide form number.
- Does not pay for
- No rent, utilities, food, medicine, deposits, taxes, or STRUCTURAL DAMAGE (that's URP territory); no landlord's-obligation repairs; same service can't repeat at the same home within 3 consecutive years.
- Official source
- ncdhhs.gov
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026