Home Repairs and Upgrades

PLEASE NOTE:

Effective Jan 1, 2025, clients interested in the HUBS Senior Repair program must contact the LIGHT program for intake. St. Ambrose DOES NOT handle intake for this program directly.  See intake process below.

Our home repairs and upgrades services supports legacy homeowners in Baltimore to preserve their home’s safety and value for themselves and the next generation. This vital work also enables aging residents to continue living in their homes safely and independently.

We provide home upgrades and repairs and case management services that connect them with resources that support their financial stability and mental and physical wellbeing.  These include: homeowner tax credits, wills and property deed services, and social services, to help them remain in their houses, strengthen their financial position, and lay the legal groundwork to ensure that their home can be securely passed from one generation to the next.

How do I get started?

We offer two comprehensive home repair programs that help Baltimore City homeowners protect and preserve their homes: HUBS and Safe and Healthy Homes.

We meet with homeowners to assess and prioritize repair needs, work with contractors who complete the renovations, and inspect that work for completion and proper workmanship.

Eligible repairs:

  • Roof repairs and new roofs

  • Heating and cooling systems

  • Plumbing fixtures and repairs

  • Grab bars, handrails and other fall prevention

  • Energy efficiency upgrades

  • Insulation and weatherization

  • Electrical fixtures, lights and repairs

  • Miscellaneous structural and safety-related repairs as determined by St. Ambrose staff

HUBS and Safe and Health Homes Income Limits 

Household Size Maximum Household Income Limits
1$54,780
2$62,580
3$70,280
4$78,180
5$84,480
6$70,600
7$96,960
8$103,200

Housing Upgrades to Benefit Seniors (HUBS) helps older adults obtain repairs and safety modifications needed to remain in their homes safely. Civic Works administers this program and St. Ambrose oversees repair services for neighborhoods in zip codes listed below. You are eligible if you are:

  1. Currently live in one of the following zip codes: 21218, 21202, 21213, 21206
  2. Meet income requirements (up to 60% AMI) shown in chart above.
  3. Are aged 65 or older (senior).

Contact the LIGHT program for intake.

Click here for LIGHT Program website

LIGHT Intake & Assessment Unit
417 East Fayette Street, Suite 1125
Baltimore, MD 21202

(410) 396-3023

dhcd.light@baltimorecity.gov

Click here for online application for LIGHT program. 

Click here to download a paper application for the LIGHT program.

St. Ambrose works with the Safe and Healthy Homes Collaborative to offer another home repair program which helps long-term homeowners in Central Baltimore to address costly home repairs. You are eligible if you are:

  1. A Central Baltimore neighborhood homeowner living in: Abell - Barclay - Charles North - Charles Village Greenmount West - Harwood - Midway Oakenshawe - Old Goucher - Remington Wyman Park ONLY.
  2. Meet income requirements (up to 60% AMI) shown in chart above.
  3. Have owned your home for 10+ years, are the heir to a home that has been owned for 10+ years, and/or are aged 65 or older (senior).

To get started with Safe and Healthy Homes, call us at 443-452-1806 or email us at legacyintake@stambros.org.

*Repairs must be inside the house unless facade issues are compromising the integrity of your home.