Community Development: Housing Planning

Housing services for the District include the following: 

• Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA)
  As the State’s housing finance agency, the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) is a self-sufficient, independently funded, publicly accountable entity of the State of Tennessee.  THDA’s mission is to meaningfully expand safe, sound, affordable housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income Tennesseans as the state’s leading resource.  For more information on THDA, visit its website at https://www.thda.org

• THDA Programs
  
• Great Choice Home Loans
• Tennessee’s Free Housing Locator
• THDA Research and Planning

• Emergency Repair Program (ERP):

• • Funding for:

• • • Repairing or replacing an essential system and/or a critical structure problem in a home

• • Eligibility:

• • • Homeowner must be over 60 years old or disabled
    • Low-income household

• USDA Rural Development  Funded Programs

• Housing Preservation Grant (HPG):

• • Funding for:

• • • Provides HVAC replacement to qualifying homeowners in (8) USDA designated persistent poverty counties. (Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Morgan, and Scott Counties).

• • Eligibility:

• • • ETDD’s program utilizes a weighted, needs-based matrix that prioritizes funding for low-income seniors, individuals with disabilities, and applicants residing within a Rural Development Single Family Housing rural area with failing HVAC systems.

• Disaster Assistance Fund (DAF):

• • Funding for:

• • • This funding assists qualifying homeowners whose property sustained damage, as a result of, the Presidentially declared disaster – Tropical Storm Helene in Tennessee, September 26, 2024. This funding is designated for (6) ETDD counties. (Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, and Sevier Counties).

• • Eligibility:

• • • There is no age restriction for this program. Anyone age 18+ is eligible for this grant provided they live in one of the 6 affected ETDD counties and presently own and occupy the home and are able to provide a document of ownership. Applicants must not exceed the applicable low-income limit based on household size and county. Property must be located within a Rural Development Single Family Housing rural area.

Contact:

Shane Carney at scarney@etdd.org