Housing Trust approves $85,000 senior repair grants

Housing Trust · Meeting of August 12, 2026

REVERE — Housing Trust expanded senior home repair grants to $85,000 and set a Sept. 8 opening. The Revere Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board voted 8-0 on a roll call to raise the program from $50,000 and the per-recipient maximum from $5,000 to $6,000, with applications taken first-come, first-served by time stamp. Last year's program funded 13 households.

Members also assented by unanimous consent to a buy-down homebuyer timeline that opens applications Oct. 21 and closes them Feb. 3, and approved holding an additional $50,000 for down payment assistance in fiscal 2027, creating a $70,000 pool. The fund balance stood at $998,999.02, and $130,000 of $150,000 has been paid to 13 down payment recipients.

In the full story:

• Call to order and fund finances
• Buy-down program: application and timeline
• Buy-down outreach plan
• Senior Citizen Home Repairs Program
• Down payment assistance update
• Other business and adjournment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,739 words

Source: the Housing Trust meeting of August 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.