Whether you want to fix a faucet or add a new addition to your home, you need to know the facts and the pitfalls of home improvements. Here are some sources that can help. (Source HUD.gov)

Federal Loan Programs

• About HUD’s rehabilitation and repair home loan
  • Program description
• Q&As about HUD’s rehabilitation and repair loan
• HUD’s property improvement loan
• Fixing up your home and how to finance it
• HUD-approved lenders
• Home Improvement Loans for Native Americans
• Rural home improvement and repair loans/grants

Community-based Programs

• HOME program
  • Contact a HOME representative in your community
• Community Development Block Grant Program
  • Contact a CDBG representative in your area

Consumer Information

• Household Energy Efficiency – Home Energy Briefs
• Protect yourself: deceptive home improvement contractors
• Home energy saver
• Home Repairs by Readers Digest

When it comes to financing it will affect each and every one of our lives, regardless of our backgrounds. This is the one universal component that links us all (besides the man upstairs offcourse).

With that said if you don’t get a handle on the definitions and breakdowns of the most important transaction in your life, it is not a question of will you get something wrong but what will you get wrong.

We are are putting together a comprehensive site that should just about cover all aspects of your homeownership.

If you are a Professional give good competent advice and if you are a Consumer (Homeowner) ask questions.

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