The Emergency Repair Program provides for the immediate correction of an emergency condition that has been determined to present an imminent danger to the health and safety of the occupants of residential property in the City of Columbus. Applicant and property criteria for participation in this program are outlined below.
Types of repairs include but are not limited to: loss of heat; leaking or inoperable hot water tanks; loss of electric; sparking or inoperable dominant electrical outlets, to exclude rewiring; inoperable sump pumps; exterior gas line breaks; exterior sewer line damage; exterior water line breaks or lines cited by the Water Division for critical repair; (interior/exterior); utility services cited/tagged for critical repair; and/or conditions a Code Enforcement Officer or Rehabilitation Technician has declared an emergency.
Please call the Intake Line at 614-645-8526 to be placed on the waiting list, callers will be notified with a mailing when funding is available