“The SFR program has been extended through May 2020 with an infusion of $850,000 in federal funds.
The city says, “To qualify for the SFR program, applicants must be a Denver resident, own and occupy the home as their principal residence, and have a household income of no more than 80 percent of the area median income (up to $50,350 for a single-person household, or up to $71,900 for a family of four). Additional details about qualifications and applying for the SFR program can be found at renewdenver.org.”
Denver is once again investing in a program that helps homeowners with major renovations so they can stay in their homes and aren’t forced to sell and leave.
I cannot praise the Denver Urban Renewal Authority enough,” said Vivian Beanum, a Park Hill resident who has been in her home for more than 30 years. “We wouldn’t have been able to do this without them. They just did everything.”
Beanum says she heard about the Single Family Rehabilitation Program from a friend at church. She applied within minutes and quickly found out a crew had a long list of improvements for her home.”
“They looked through the house, and they listened to what we wanted done and then they suggested different things that they could do. Of course, we wanted the new windows then we wanted furnace HVAC,” She said.
With a budget of nearly $35,000, the Beanum’s were able to get a new bathroom, water heater, soffit repair, new windows and other repairs.
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CBS 4 News 26 February 2019.