Special Announcements

USDA Rural Development Single Family Housing Repair Loans and Grants – provides loans to very low income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes, or provides grants to the elderly, very low income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards. To qualify you must be the homeowner and occupy the house, be unable to obtain affordable credit elsewhere, have a family income within the very low income limit, and for grants – be 62 or older. For information visit https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/single-family-housing-programs/single-family-housing-repair-loans-grants.

Coming soon – NYS Vacant Rental Program through RUPCO - funding will support the rehabilitation of 80 vacant and uninhabitable rental units across Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester, and Sullivan counties, transforming them into safe, high-quality, and affordable homes for low- and moderate-income tenants. RUPCO is gauging interest of landlords located in eligible counties. An eligible participant must be owners of residential properties with up to five units or properties that will be converted into such, with prioritization of small, local, and responsible owners. Only vacant units eligible for assistance and owners must rent assisted units at affordable levels for 10 years. More information to be announced. To join the VRP interest mailing list visit: https://rupco.org/virp/

Interested in Grants?

The mission of the Department of Grants Administration (DGA) is to facilitate access to discretionary, external funding for divisions, departments, agencies and other units of the Sullivan County government while improving the administration of existing funding/grant resources.

The DGA seeks to be a part of the County’s’ overall effort to enhance the economic and community development within the County. DGA may be of assistance by supplying funding resource information to individuals seeking to establish a business in Sullivan Co.; not-for-profit organizations seeking to expand programs or services within Sullivan Co.; and the County’ respective municipalities.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: DGA has limited staffing and gives priority to grant requests from divisions, departments, agencies and other units of the Sullivan County government, the County Legislature and the County Manager. Assistance for municipalities and 501(c)(3) organizations will be determined by the availability of DGA staff and by the constraints of other grant deadlines. The decision to provide external assistance is made by the County Legislature and/or the County Manager, and is based on DGA staff availability.