Sacramento County, California · Grant

Home Repair Program emergency repair grant (Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency)

Run by Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA)

Very low-income homeowners in the City of Sacramento, Galt, Folsom, Isleton and unincorporated Sacramento County can get up to $10,000 in free emergency repairs for health and safety hazards, including water heater repair or replacement, furnace and air conditioner repairs, roof leaks and hazardous electrical panels.

Open Checked Oct 27, 2026

Amounts

How much you get

SHRA hires and pays contractors for covered repairs; total work at a property or for a client can't exceed $10,000. No full roof replacements except on single-wide mobile homes.

Eligibility

Do I qualify?

You need to meet all 6 of these.

  • Your home is in Sacramento County, California.

  • The home must be in the City of Sacramento, Galt, Folsom, Isleton or unincorporated Sacramento County. Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova and some parts of Elk Grove aren't covered.

  • Very low-income households only (SHRA's income limits apply).

  • Owner-occupied single-family home or mobile home.

  • Single-family homes or mobile homes.

  • The repair must fix an immediate health or safety hazard listed in the program definitions.

Applying

How to apply

You apply by phone. Intake is open as funds are available; roofing intakes begin the first business day of November.

  1. Call SHRA.

    Call 916-440-1317 to apply. Roofing intakes start the first business day of November.

  2. Eligibility review.

    SHRA confirms income, ownership, location and that the repair is a covered health or safety hazard.

  3. Repairs.

    SHRA arranges and pays the contractor for covered work, up to the grant limit.

Forms and instructionsHRP Program Definitions 2025 - SHRA

Questions about applying916-440-1317

Your address

Next steps

Check that it covers your address. Then, if you want, ask for a contractor quote.

FAQ

Questions

How much does Home Repair Program emergency repair grant (Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency) pay?

$10,000.

Is there an income limit?

Very low-income households only (SHRA's income limits apply).

Do renters qualify?

Owner-occupied single-family home or mobile home.

What’s the deadline?

No fixed deadline. Apply any time while it’s open.

Is it still available?

Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.

Will the program replace my whole roof?

No. It repairs leaks and hazardous framing; full replacements are only for single-wide mobile homes, and SHRA says it doesn't have funding for roof replacement.

References

Sources

This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.

  1. Homeowner Resources - SHRAshra.org · Read Oct 27, 2026 · Re-checked weekly
  2. HRP Program Definitions 2025 - SHRAshra.org · Read Oct 27, 2026 · Re-checked monthly

When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.

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