Are there home repair grants?
Section 504 Home Repair program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, United States (federal) Application Window: Open
Applications for this program are accepted through your local RD office year round
InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pick.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, read 23 October 2026.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, read 23 October 2026.
Section 504 Home Repair program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, United States (federal)
Status: Open (as of 23 October 2026, www.rd.usda.gov):
Application Window: Open
Applications for this program are accepted through your local RD office year round
Also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this provides loans to low and very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, read 23 October 2026.
Quoted from the agency named, as read on the date shown. Programs change; check the agency's page before you rely on it. InstaBids does not run these programs or decide who qualifies, and is not affiliated with any government agency.
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), U.S. Department of Energy, United States (federal)
Check the agency's page for whether it is taking applications.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, read 17 October 2026.
- Describe it onceBy chat, or through your own AI assistant, and add photos.
- Post it and send itContractors bid in writing on that scope.
- Compare line by lineEvery quote is written against the same scope.
- You chooseContact details stay hidden until you pick and they confirm.
For your AI assistant
MCP connector · REST API · plain HTMLHand any of these to your assistant and it can help you write this job's request; you send the request yourself. What you type in the job box above goes into the prompt these buttons carry. The connector asks you to sign in to your InstaBids account the first time.
- MCP connector URL
https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp - Agent API (OpenAPI)
https://instabids.ai/openapi.json - Start-request link
https://instabids.ai/intake?from=rebates-home-repair-grants&utm_source=us&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=rebates&page_type=rebates&job=home+repair - Prompt for any AI, with your job
- ChatGPTOpens with the prompt
- ClaudeOpens with the prompt
- GrokOpens with the prompt
- GeminiCopies the prompt, then opens
Every page is plain HTML. Steps for every assistant: add to your assistant.
This page is general information, not tax or legal advice. For your own situation, ask a tax professional or the agency that runs the program.
Sources for this page
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
- www.rd.usda.gov, read 23 October 2026; status as of 23 October 2026.
- U.S. Department of Energy
- www.energy.gov, read 17 October 2026.