{"id":391,"date":"2019-03-13T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:58:23","slug":"do-i-qualify","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/do-i-qualify\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Qualify for the Emergency Repair Program?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The City of Yakima Single-Family Emergency Repair Program aims to help homeowners with home-repair issues such as electrical problems, plumbing issues, heating and air conditioning problems, roof repairs\/replacements, wheelchair ramp installations, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qualifications for this program:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. You must be the homeowner inside the city limits of Yakima and have owned the home for at least one year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. You must live in the home on a year-round basis. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Total income must be below 80% of the Federal Median Income Guidelines<\/strong><\/a> for the number of individuals living in the home. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. All homeowners must complete the application process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. All income of individuals living in the home over the age of 17 must be counted and income documentation provided.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. All homeowners must be a US Citizen or Legal Resident.   <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    <\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Examples of projects (click photo to enlarge)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \"Photo<\/a>
    Ramp Installation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"Photo<\/a>
    Re-roof Project<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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    Disqualifications:<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. You rent the property.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The home is not in your name. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. You own more than one property.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. You have more than $50,000 in stocks, bonds, CDs, retirement or saving accounts. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Your home is currently for sale or has been for sale in the last 90 days. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Your home will be listed for sale within 180 days of repair work being completed. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. You are unable to complete the application due to lack of documentation. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      How do I apply?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Visit the Office of Neighborhood Development Services office (112 S 8th St, Yakima, WA 98901) during office hours (Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) to pick up an application and discuss your request with staff. We can also be reached by phone at (509) 575-6101 to answer your questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"Photo<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The City of Yakima Single-Family Emergency Repair Program aims to help homeowners with home-repair issues such as electrical problems, plumbing issues, heating and air conditioning problems, roof repairs\/replacements, wheelchair ramp installations, and more. Qualifications for this program: Examples of projects (click photo to enlarge): Disqualifications:   How do I apply? Visit the Office of Neighborhood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/neighborhood-development-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}