Grants

Western Catskills provides grants for owner occupied housing rehabilitation, first time homebuyers and financial counseling to residents in Harpersfield, Kortright, Middletown, Roxbury, and Stamford in Delaware County; Ashland, Halcott, Hunter, Jewett, Lexington, and Prattsville in Greene County and Blenheim, Broome, Conesville, Fulton, Gilboa, Jefferson, and Summit in Schoharie County.

Western Catskills works with a variety of funding sources.

These sources include:

New York State Affordable Housing

New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation

The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal

O'Connor Foundation

Robinson Broadhurst Foundation

New York Department of State

HUD

Western Catskills prepares and submits applications on behalf of Townships and Villages within the Western Catskills service area. The funds, if awarded are used to rehabilitate homes having substandard conditions. The CDBG funding may also be applied for to perform upgrades to municipal water and sewer systems, main street revitalization and other types of infrastructure projects. The award is made to the township and the program is administered by Western Catskills.

To be eligible for these programs a family must have income at or below 80% of median income for the county in which they live.