Home Repair Services Of Kent County Inc

Self-help home improvements - with the goal of stimulating self-directed home improvements and repairs, home repair services' instructors taught 76 home maintenance workshops to 1,825 students. The hands-on repair workshops equipped homeowners to complete do-it-yourself projects in their homes. A total of 19 homeowners successfully completed a diy remodel of their kitchen through the support of the home repair services' remodeling together program. A total of 33 free home inspections and assessment reports were completed.

Housing counseling & education - the primary focus of this program continues to be foreclosure prevention, but financial literacy workshops continue to grow as well. Housing counselors conducted 45 one-on-one coaching sessions and assisted 28 households to successfully apply for mihaf rescue funds. The financial literacy workshops' topics included: debt reduction, spending plan, consumer protection, improving credit, understanding insurance, avoiding scams, reverse mortgages, avoiding identity theft, and cost realities of aging in place. Total attendance for the year was 377 students.

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