Home Improvement Programs
Home Access Grant Program
The City of Sunnyvale offers grants to low-income disabled and/or senior residents to retrofit their homes to eliminate physical barriers and improve accessibility.
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Paint Program
The City of Sunnyvale offers low-income homeowners loans of up to $4,000 to pay a professional contractor, or a grant of up to $1,000 for paint and supplies for exterior painting of their homes.
Housing Rehabilitation Program
The City of Sunnyvale offers low-income homeowners deferred loans of up to $60,000 ($15,000 for mobile homes) at 3% interest to pay for major repairs and energy efficiency improvements.
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Download Application (mobile home)
Energy Retrofit Grant Program
The City of Sunnyvale offers low-income homeowners a matching grant up to $5,000 to make energy efficient improvements.
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Energy Upgrade California is your one-stop-shop for home improvement projects that lower your energy use, conserve water and natural resources, and make your home healthier and more comfortable.
The Community Division works with neighbors, families, cultural and religious groups, Home Owners' Associations, and others to assist in the resolution of disputes. The types of disputes which can be dealt with range from disturbing the peace, to disputes with landlords/tenants, and all points in between.
(formally Christmas in April) RTP builds volunteer partnerships to rehabilitate homes and community facilities for low-income homeowners and neighbors - seniors, disabled, or families - so they can live independently in warmth and safety. To qualify for Home Improvement assistance, households must be at or below the 2011 Low Income Limits listed below.
Below Market Rate Home Owner Resources
The following resources are provided for owners of homes sold through Sunnyvale's Below Market Rate Home Ownership Program. If you are interested in refinancing your BMR home, please download our new Refinance Procedures document. As a courtesy, the Housing Division provides a list of lenders who may be able to refinance your loan. You may use any lender of your choice.
Refinance Procedures
Administrative Guidelines
Preferred Lenders List
Preferred Realtors List
Foreclosure Prevention
Don't Get Scammed!
Avoid foreclosure "rescue" scams and report fraud. Learn more about common foreclosure rescue scams and how to protect yourself.
Avoid Foreclosure "Rescue" Scams, Report Fraud, and Get the Help You Need
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HUD offers resources to help avoid foreclosure, keep your home, refinance options and what to do if you can not keep your home.
Tenants Together is a non profit organization that provides assistance to tenants in foreclosure.
Foreclosure Prevention Programs
Overview of Foreclosure Prevention Programs, presented by Fair Housing Law Project, a project of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley