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Senior Program Manager: Elsie Petit-Frere

Sponsored by the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development (DND), Boston's Historic HomeWorks provides grants to help Boston homeowners make historically appropriate exterior repairs/improvements. The goal of the program is to assist homeowners with making repairs that maintain the original architectural integrity of their homes, and, also to enhance the historical character of their neighborhoods.

In order to participate in Boston's Historic HomeWorks, you must be an owner-occupant of a 1- to 4-family house, which must be at least 50 years old and located in the City of Boston. Your income must be $63,000 or less for a single person, or $90,000 or less for two or more people.

Boston's Historic HomeWorks will provide you with a grant of up to $5,000 to help you make eligible home repairs. The grant will cover up to 50% of the cost of repairs based on the estimate provided by your selected contractor. The amount of rehabilitation you can do ranges from $3,000 to $35,000. To receive the grant, you must obtain the matching funds needed to complete the job. The matching funds can come from a variety of sources: your savings, a gift from your family, a loan from a bank or a Community\Neighborhood Development Corporation.

The following example shows how the matching fund works:

Item	Porch Restoration
Total Repair Cost	Boston’s Historic HomeWorks Grant	Homeowner Match
$8,000	$4,000	$4,000

Repayment of the conditional grant is only required if you decide to:
Sell your home for any reason, or no long use it as your primary
Residence within ten years of completing your home improvement.


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