Self Help Housing of East Texas - House Hold Water Well Program

House Hold Water Well systems

Self Help Housing of East Texas has a new program

To help Moderate to Low income, elderly or disabled individuals with

House Hold Water Well Systems.

This program will allow Self Help Housing of East Texas

to loan to qualified applicants.

This is a 1% interest loan, up to 20 year payback.

Program will help with Repair, service or replacement of

House Hold water well systems.

“Self Help Housing of East Texas is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”

To be eligible for a loan, the individual must:

Be a member of a household of which the combined household income of all members does not exceed 100 % of the median non-metropolitan household income for the state or territory of which the individual resides. Household income is the total income from all sources received by each adult household member for the most recent 12 month period for which the information is available. It does not include income earned or received by dependent children under the age of 18 years old or other benefits that are excluded by federal law.
Own and occupy the home being improved with the proceeds of the HWWS loan or be purchasing the home to occupy under a legally enforceable land purchase contract which is not in default by either the purchaser or the seller.
Own the home in a rural area.
not use the loan to substitute a well for water service available from collective water systems. ( For example, a loan may not be used to restore an old well abandoned when a dwelling was connected to a water district's water line.)
Not be suspended or disbarred from participating in federal programs.

Eligible Loan Purposes-

Loan Funds must be used to provide loans to eligible individuals for household water well systems only.
Individuals must utilize the loans to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace household water well systems up to a point of entry of a home. Point of entry for a well system is the junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from the well.

Ineligible Loan Purposes:

Loans may not be used for the households sewer or septic systems.
HWWS Loans may not be used to pay the cost of water well systems for the construction or set up of a new home of any type.
HWWS Loans may not be used to pay the cost of home plumbing systems.

With this in mind, if you believe you are eligible, please contact our office so we can start the process.

This program is time sensitive.

“This material is based upon work supported under a grant by

Rural Development Utilities Programs, United States Department of Agriculture”