Home Repairs for Low Income Elderly/Disabled Home Owners

PWC helps very low-income homeowners with critical home repairs to keep their homes safe and habitable. Our services are serious - not cosmetic. We restore heat to keep our clients warm; repair roofing to keep our clients dry; fix plumbing so they may have running water.

Without our services, the alternative for many of our clients would be substandard housing or homelessness.

With an average income of just $13,000 a year, most of our clients are busy juggling medical bills, utilities and groceries... with nothing left for home repairs.

Our Services: What We Do

We help as many low income homeowners as we can with serious home repair problems. However, please note: clients must qualify for these services, and all services may not be available in all areas due to contract specifications and funding restrictions. Clients are limited as to how many emergency and critical services they can receive annually.

Home repair services are performed by People Working Cooperatively's professional, licensed, trained and bonded staff of skilled craftspeople including plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and HVAC technicians. All are licensed, trained and bonded! Minor repairs and maintenance are provided through our volunteer program. Please call (513) 351-7921 to see if your qualify or e-mail us through our customer contact form.

What kind of problems qualify for PWC’s help?

no running water
no security (broken windows and doors)
no heat or poor heat
no hot water
electrical hazards/no electricity due to malfunction
a serious roof leak
serious damage due to roof leak
no working toilet
flooding in basement/sewage

Minor repairs and maintenance services for elderly or disabled homeowners are performed by our volunteer department.

An example of how our Home Repair Program works: An elderly client in Bond Hill called to complain that her furnace was not working properly. She hadn’t had heat in weeks and was often using her stove for heat (unfortunately, this is typical with many of the at-risk homeowners we serve). When PWC arrived, we found that the furnace was in such bad condition it needed to be replaced. We found that the hot water heater was leaking and was also in bad condition. Both the furnace and hot water heater were replaced. During the assessment of her home, the client was also referred to the Volunteer Involvement Program because she needed maintenance services for her steps and a grab bar in her bathroom.
http://www.help4seniors.org/documents/HOMEFactSheetCOA006_000.pdf