Home Repair Assistance Program

What is the Home Repair Assistance Program (HRAP)?

At Benton Habitat for Humanity, we're committed to supporting our community's housing needs through innovative solutions. Building on the foundation of our previous Home Repair Initiative, we're proud to introduce the Home Repair Assistance Program (HRAP) — a reimagined approach designed to empower homeowners while supporting our local economy.

HRAP marks a significant evolution from our earlier program model. Unlike the Home Repair Initiative, where repairs were conducted by our team, the HRAP entrusts this crucial work to local professionals. This shift not only ensures high-quality repairs tailored to each home's unique needs but also stimulates local businesses, contributing to the economic vitality of our community.

How does it work?

  • Homeowners interested in the program start by submitting an application to Benton Habitat for Humanity. Once approved in accordance with Benton Habitat's policies, they move to the next phase of the process.

  • Approved applicants are then asked to obtain quotes from three local contractors. This process encourages competitive pricing and offers homeowners a say in who works on their home, ensuring the repairs meet their expectations and needs.

  • Upon receiving the quotes, Benton Habitat for Humanity will carefully select a subcontractor from the provided options. We then cover the full cost of the repair, eliminating the financial burden on homeowners and furthering our mission of ensuring safe and well-maintained homes for all.

New Home Program

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Habitat homeowner. We believe that everyone should have a safe, affordable place to call home.

The New Home Program is not currently accepting applications at this time. Feel free to sign up for our newsletter below to stay informed about future application periods!

Let’s stay in touch!

Sign up to receive monthly updates from Benton Habitat.

Since 1991 Benton Habitat for Humanity’s mission has been working together to make decent homes achievable for everyone in our community. In partnership with hard working families, we have built 39 single family homes throughout Benton County. There are over 224 people (including 148 children) that have stable housing thanks to the continued dedication of the organization to its mission.

To carry out our vision, we partner with individuals and families from application through construction to when the keys are handed over.

By working with us from beginning to end, we can help prospective individuals prepare for the various responsibilities of homeownership, including learning about personal finances, mortgages, maintenance and upkeep of homes, and much more.

Habitat’s path to homeownership is an important and in-depth process, requiring hard work, time and dedication. But this helps to ensure the long-term success of Habitat homeowners.

Building hope by building homes

How to qualify for a Habitat home or critical home repair

  • Prospective Habitat homeowners must demonstrate a need for safe, affordable housing.

  • Once selected, Habitat homeowners must partner with us throughout the process. This partnership includes performing “sweat equity,” or helping to build their own home or the homes of others in our homeownership program. Sweat equity can also include taking homeownership classes or performing volunteer work in our ReStore.

  • Homeowners must also be able and willing to pay an affordable mortgage. Mortgage payments are cycled back into the community to help build additional Habitat houses.

Can anyone apply to be a Habitat homeowner?

Yes. We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation or sources of income or any other discrimination of law.

Housing Resources

  • The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes. In Benton County, The Arc Benton’s Access Corvallis program provides affordable community-based housing for people who experience intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who can live independently with minor supports.

  • A not for profit organization that provides housing and whole-life, support services to people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Benco provides services to 50 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Corvallis area. Benco’s services are funded through the State of Oregon. Each person eligible for services works with Benton County Developmental Disabilities Program to receive services through Benco.

  • CARDV provides services and support (including emergency shelter) to those affected by sexual and domestic violence, and provides education and leadership within the community to change the societal conditions that cultivate these forms of violence.

  • Among its programs, COI offers emergency shelter for individuals seeking a safe place to sleep for the night. The emergency shelter is available by agency referral to men, women, and families who are practicing sobriety and behaviorally appropriate. Clients may access showers, bathrooms, kitchen, food pantries, phone and mail services, information and referral, and medical clinics.

    COI also manages a Transformational Housing program. The goal of this program is to help residents of the shelter address the issues that made them susceptible to homelessness and obtain permanent housing.

  • Established in July, 1980, as the state-designated community action agency for Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties, Community Services Consortium is one of 18 community action agencies in Oregon that delivers programs designed to combat poverty and its root causes. CSC is supported by federal, state, and local funds, as well as through private grants, donations, and fundraising efforts.

  • Corvallis Caring Place offers 42 studio or one-bedroom apartments to seniors, on a month-to-month contract. A limited number of apartments are reserved for low income and Medicaid residents. The Board of Directors contracts with Mennonite Management Services to manage the facility

  • Corvallis Housing First provides housing and services for individuals experiencing homelessness in our Corvallis community. CHF operates three low-barrier facilities that provide housing and support, and also work with local agencies and shelters to provide outreach and case management services.

  • The Corvallis Men’s Shelter is a low-barrier shelter, serving up to 40-50 men nightly in a “bunkhouse” setting. The Men’s Shelter is currently managed by the community, with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis acting as the fiscal agent.

  • DevNW is a not for profit organization that offers a variety of affordable housing services including development, affordable rentals, homebuyer education and advocacy.

  • Home Life is a private, not for profit organization providing safe, integrated, community living services for the purpose of enhancing the quality of life for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • Jackson Street Youth Services offers temporary shelter, crisis intervention, and services for troubled, victimized, runaway and homeless youth. Jackson Street also has transitional living for youth through its Next Step program.

  • Janus House is a residential treatment facility in Corvallis for those returning to the community following a psychiatric hospitalization.

  • The Linn-Benton Housing Authority was jointly created by Linn and Benton Counties to address the need for affordable housing in our community. It is an independent public corporation. The Housing Authority contracts with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer rental assistance programs at the local level (the primary one being the Section 8 voucher program). It also develops, owns and manages several affordable housing projects throughout the region including Camas Commons in Corvallis (co-owned by DevNW).

  • Milestones Family Recovery is a Women’s Residential Program that is purposely geared to small-group therapy and individual confidentiality. Residents receive treatment in a 12-bed, 2-story building “Home” for the duration of the treatment. After the residential portion of the program, some clients will transfer to a transitional phase and may stay up to a year while they reinforce their recovery skills and work on personal goals. Clients are self-admitted or referred by another source. Milestones also manages the Youth Entering Sobriety (YES) House in Corvallis.

  • OCWCOG was formed in the mid-1960s and is a voluntary association of twenty-one cities, three counties, the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians, and two port districts. Among other services, the organization provides programs focused on senior and disability services, and community and economic development services to the region. The organization also staffs the Benton County Veterans Service Office through a contract with Benton County.

  • The Human Services Resource Center offers assistance to students experiencing food or housing insecurity.

  • Oxford Houses are self-run, self-supported recovery houses. There are four locations in Corvallis with 40 total beds.

  • Room at the Inn is a homeless women’s shelter located in the Community Center of First United Methodist Church. Open November – March, it serves 8-12 women nightly. The shelter offers showers and safe space for TV, and resting.

  • Samaritan Village is a not for profit retirement community governed by the Church of the Good Samaritan Diocese of Oregon. Its board of directors is appointed by the church. The community provides affordable living located near community health facilities, public transit, and Oregon State University, with a chaplain and resident services coordinator to provide for residents’ personal and social needs.

  • Located in Albany, OR. Click here for more info.