Overview
New York State Homes and Community Renewal has expanded the Resilient Retrofit program and will make available a combination of low-interest loans and grants to low and moderate income single-family homeowners whose homes are located in flood-prone areas or have been damaged due to heavy rainfall, enabling them to render their homes more resilient to flood damage and if, desired, to decrease their greenhouse gas emission consumption by improving the energy efficiency of the home and/or electrification of the home’s heating and cooling systems.
Home retrofit scopes may include closing off living-space below the base-flood elevation (BFE), adding better insulation to the envelope, installing high-efficient fixtures and appliances, and replacing aged, fossil fuel combustion heating and cooling systems with electric cold climate heat pumps and raising all mechanicals above the BFE. Onsite generation paired with these measures, such as solar panels or battery back with battery back-up may also be included.
HCR’s Local Program Administrators are:
Home Headquarters Inc.
Website Link: NYS Resilient Retrofits — Home HeadQuarters (homehq.org)
Community Development Corporation of Long Island (CDCLI)
Website Link: Long Island Resiliency Retrofits Program: Storm, Flood & Energy Improvements. | How CDLI Can Help
The Center for NYC Neighborhoods
Website Link: Sustainable Neighborhoods
Locations
This program is available in all counties of the state.
Program Term Sheet
For Program Administrator
Forms & Documents
| General Grant Documents |
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| Property Photo Release Form |
| Conflict of Interest Policy |
| Resilient Retrofits Flyer |
| Commitment and Disbursement of Funds |
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| Disbursement Procedures Manual |
| Project Set-Up/Completion Form |
| Disbursement Request Form |
| Project Delivery of Funds Detail Sheet |
| Environmental Forms |
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| Programmatic Environmental Form |
| Environmental Site-Specific Checklist |
| SHPO Electronic Project Submission Guide |