Neighborhood Services Division

Neighborhood Services Offers Two Free Programs!

For Single-Family Owner Occupied Homes

Critical Repair Program

If you have an emergency that causes your home to be unsafe, this program addresses homes without basic amenities, leaks, or damage.

Neighborhood Revitalization Program

This siding program will wrap decomposed siding with new 3-step siding to help make your home look beautiful on the outside!

Income Limits

As of June 15, 2022

1 Person Household	$39,700/year
2 Person Household	$45,400/year
3 Person Household	$51,050/year
4 Person Household	$56,700/year
5 Person Household	$61,250/year
6 Person Household	$65,800/year
7 Person Household	$70,350/year
8 Person Household	$74,850/year

Contact Neighborhood Services today at (325) 437-4576!

Our Guiding Principles

Critical Repair

Critical Repair Program

The Critical Repair Program is designed to assist Single Family owner occupied homes with critical repair problems that are a detriment to life, safety, or health of occupants, which require immediate action. These are homes where handicap accessibility is needed, or with:

Leaks in roofs
No water, gas, heat, electrical service
Open sewers

The Critical Repair Program will only correct problems deemed a critical situation.

Download the Critical Repair Program Application (PDF).

First Time Homebuyer

First Time Homebuyer Program

The First Time Homebuyer Program is an income qualifying program which provides up to $5,000 for the down payment and eligible closing costs for the purchase of a home based on your income and family composition. The money is paid to the title agency on the day of closing.

The home you are purchasing must be within the city limits of Abilene, and you must either be a resident of Abilene or work/go to school in Abilene to qualify.

Download the First Time Homebuyer Program Application (PDF).

Neighborhood Revitalization

Neighborhood Revitalization Program

Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) is a new activity to be carried out through the Neighborhood Services to revitalize the 15 low- and-moderate-income neighborhoods by wrapping income qualified client’s owner occupied homes in Smart Board. Neighborhood Services will focus on one neighborhood at a time to redevelop those neighborhoods long neglected. Plans are to begin in the Alameda Neighborhood which is an Abilene Neighborhood Initiative (ANI). The same basic information that determines eligibility for the Critical/Limited Program applies for the Neighborhood Revitalization Program.

View the Neighborhood Revitalization Program Application (PDF).

Single Family Rehab

Grants

The Neighborhood Services Division is responsible for administering two federal grants:

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)

To remain eligible for the grants, the City must submit a five-year strategic plan - the 2020 to 2024 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development - and the 2020 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Study- to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in August 2020. The City must submit an annual One-Year Action Plan that outlines proposed projects and allocations for both programs.

In April 2001, the Abilene Community Excellence (ACE) Task Force recommended building upon the existing neighborhood program concepts in the Planning and Development Services. As a result, combining aspects of the Neighborhood Initiatives (CDBG/HOME) Division with the Planning Services Division enables us to develop a more comprehensive Neighborhood Services Division.