Resources to help Milwaukee-area residents repair, rebuild, and recover after a disaster.
Compliance Loan Program: assists homeowners in making repairs necessary to fix code violations on their property. CLP does this by providing 0% interest, deferred payment loans. This means homeowners pay no interest and only pay back the loan when selling or transferring the property. Visit: Compliance Loan Program for more information.
STRONG Homes Loan Program: Partially Forgivable Loans for Emergency & Essential Home Repairs. Visit: $25,000 STRONG Homes Loan Program.
View the City of Milwaukee Housing Resources webpage: Housing Resources.
- Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program
- Tax Incremental District (TID) Residential Rehabilitation Loan Program
Milwaukee Healthy Homes Program
Neighborhood Improvement Project
Critical Home Repair
- Milwaukee County Home Repair Program: Housing Services helps to provide financial assistance to low-income, owner-occupants of single-family homes to make necessary home repairs. The program provides zero-interest loans to eligible property owners in Milwaukee County, except the City of Milwaukee, the City of West Allis and the Village of River Hills. Common items repaired through Milwaukee County Home Repair include hot water heaters, furnaces, sewer laterals, roofs, siding, trim, windows, porches, foundations, plumbing, electrical, lead remediation and accessibility modifications.
Visit: Housing | DHHS | Milwaukee County
Phone: 414-278-4917
Email: homerepair@milwaukeecountywi.gov
Emergency Repairs
Critical Repairs
Accessibility Modifications
Visit: Get Help | Secure Essential Support — Revitalize Milwaukee
Take Root Milwaukee is a consortium of over 50 community organizations, neighborhoods groups, HUD-certified housing counseling agencies, Realtors, and lenders working to promote sustainable homeownership in the City of Milwaukee. Take Root Milwaukee members offer free or low-cost services that can help you buy, keep, or fix a home.
The Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church, in collaboration with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), is assisting homeowners across Wisconsin by helping to coordinate volunteer groups who can provide free clean up and rebuilding support.
Note: Assistance is available statewide, but will depend on availability of volunteers and donated resources. Contact ert@wisconsinumc.org or 414-988-0047 for an assessment.
