Exterior Home Repair Program

Applications for the O'Fallon Exterior Home Repair Program will be available in an electronic form. We are no longer able to accept any paper applications. The link to the new electronic application can be found to your right and at the bottom of this page.

Due to high demand for the O'Fallon Exterior Home Repair Program, funds are currently exhausted and unavailable. Please check back periodically for additional information and be sure to check out other funding programs to the right

O'Fallon's Exterior Home Repair Program assists low-to-moderate level income O'Fallon residents with exterior home repairs that they would not otherwise be able to afford. This program offers up to $10,000 in the form of a one-time grant for eligible repairs.

Eligibility for the Exterior Home Repair Program

In order to be considered, the following criteria must be met:

The applicant must:

• Be the fee simple owner and occupant of the single family dwelling to be improved
• Have no pending bankruptcies
• Have resided in the dwelling for at least one year prior to application
• Be a first-time participant in the program
• Not be a newly-legalized alien
• Be current on mortgage payments and real estate taxes

The house to be improved must:

• Be located within the City of O’Fallon and not in a floodplain
• And have no outstanding federal, state or city tax liens
• Be a single family, permanently-affixed structure

The household income:

To qualify as low-to-moderate income, the total gross income of all members of the household over the age of 18 must not exceed the set limits, which are established by HUD:

Eligibile Repairs

Eligible repairs may include:

• Driveways
• Roofs
• Siding
• Decks
• Soffit/fascia/trim
• Gutters
• Hazardous tree/limb removal
• External code violations
• Fence repair
• Garage doors
• External accessibility needs
• Extermination/pest control

Contact Public Assistance staff