PITTSFIELD — Qualified homeowners can now apply to have overdue repairs, necessary fixes or any other rehabilitation projects to be covered by a grant, meaning your leaky roof could be fixed for free.
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is now accepting applications for its housing rehabilitation program. The program is for low- to moderate-income homeowners in certain towns in need of home repairs.
BRPC is a public organization aiming to improve the quality of life in Berkshire County by providing programming and conducting studies. It leverages community development block grants tied to individual towns, meaning only homeowners in those towns are eligible.
The towns for this funding cycle are Becket, Clarksburg, New Ashford, Sheffield and West Stockbridge.
BRPC still recommends homeowners outside of these towns apply, as it puts them on the waitlist for future funding cycles, said Brett Roberts, principal planner for BRPC. If there’s significant interest in a town, that can help inform where the program is run in the future.