Free & Low Cost Car and Home Repair in Buncombe County
Who Needs Assistance with Car and Home Repair?
Emergency Repairs seek to preserve existing affordable housing while improving the quality of life for income-qualified Buncombe County residents by making their homes safer and more accessible. Repair activities vary in scope. Repairs may include, but are not limited to, the installation of accessibility features, repairing of roofs, and the repairing or replacement of HVAC systems.
Most families and human beings have periods of financial insecurity, making it difficult when surprise repairs and damage comes up. Luckily, there is help for those experiencing financial insecurity. People who may need assistance with car and home repairs include those who:
- Are working but live near the poverty level
- Are military members or their families
- Need to get to work
- Are 60 or older
- Cannot afford to repair their vehicle
- Have a natural disaster or storm-damaged vehicle
For help determining if you live in an area serviced by Buncombe County, click HERE. Below is a comprehensive list of assistance programs for car and home repair available to Buncombe County, NC residents.
The Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) is a Federally funded program that assists individuals and families who are experiencing a heating or cooling related crisis.
A household is considered to be in a crisis if it is currently experiencing or is in danger of experiencing a life threatening or health related emergency and sufficient, timely and appropriate assistance is not available from any other source.
Life threatening is defined as a household which has no heating or cooling source or has a disconnect notice for their primary heating or cooling service and the health or well being of a household member would be in danger if the heating or cooling crisis was not alleviated.
Households that meet the following criteria may be eligible:
- Have at least one U.S. citizen or non-citizen who meets the eligibility criteria
- Meet the income test
- Have an energy related crisis
- Have a utility statement that shows how much is owed to alleviate the crisis
Address: 40 Coxe Ave., Asheville, NC 28801
Call (828) 250-5500 or visit the website for more information.
Working Wheels is a nonprofit organization working in the Asheville area with the mission to transform donated cars into reliable transportation for working families who need them. Working Wheels envisions assisting people in need by opening the door to further education, better employment opportunities, greater self-sufficiency, and improved quality of life.
What Working Wheels Does:
Working Wheels collects and repairs donated vehicles and connects the repaired vehicles to the people who need them the most.
Address: 76 Weaverville Road, Asheville, NC 28804
Call (828)-633-6888 or visit the website for more information.
Mountain Housing Opportunities provides essential home repair services to income eligible households throughout Buncombe County and has been funded through Buncombe County’s Affordable Housing Services Program.
Eligible repairs include:
- Accessibility repairs and updates
- Electric work
- Plumbing repair and replacement
- Roof replacement and leak repair
Address: 64 Clingman Avenue, Suite 101
Asheville, NC 28801
Call (828) 254-4030 or visit the website for more information.
Hammer and Heart provides urgent home repairs to communities within the Swannanoa Valley. Repairs alleviate housing conditions that pose an imminent threat to the life or safety of low-income households, with a focus on helping the elderly and disabled.
We address urgent home repairs for low-income residents of Swannanoa, Black Mountain and Ridgecrest. We define “urgent home repairs” as issues that may threaten the safety of the homeowner. These may include:
- Significant water damage caused by a leaky roof or plumbing issues
- Unsafe electrical issues
- Ineffective heating systems
- Accessibility concerns
- Other conditions that present a hazard to the home owner
Address: PO Box 577, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Call (828) 803-1802 or visit the website for more information.
Community Action Opportunities provides Weatherization Repairs for households at or below 200% the federal poverty level.
Weatherization services offered include:
- Testing the safety and efficiency of the primary heating system
- Air sealing walls
- Floors and ceiling
- Installing ventilation fan
- Insulating attics, walls, floors, heating ducts, pipes and water heaters
- Installing vapor barriers
- Testing and installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors
- Replacing old energy-consuming refrigerators
Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program (HARRP)
HARRP’s purpose is to repair or replace faulty, non-functioning heating and air systems in homes. Individuals with specific health problems may also qualify for a home cooling appliance repair or replacement.
Address: 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Call (828) 252-2495 or visit the website for more information.
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity provides essential home repair services to income eligible households throughout Buncombe County and has been funded through Buncombe County’s Affordable Housing Services Program.
To help families realize their full potential, Habitat offers two programs: Homeownership and Home Repair. Habitat may be able to help if you, or someone you know, is living in substandard housing. Applicants must qualify based on need, ability to pay and willingness to partner.
Address: 33 Meadow Road Asheville, NC 28803
Call (828) 251-5702 or visit the website for more information.
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Green Built Alliance
Green Built Alliance provides energy-efficient modifications to income eligible households through their comprehensive energy assessments and weatherization assistance.
At Energy Savers Network, we are on a mission to lower the energy burden of limited-income families in Western North Carolina by mobilizing skilled volunteers to install energy-efficiency measures in their homes. We provide comprehensive energy assessments and weatherization assistance, including:
- Installing interior storm window inserts
- insulating water heaters
- replacing furnace filters
- and switching out energy-consuming light bulbs.
Address: 1 Haywood St, 4th Floor, Office 429, Asheville, NC 28801
Call (828) 254.1995 or visit the website for more information.
PODER Emma
PODER Emma provides home repairs to income eligible households within the greater Emma region of Buncombe County and has been funded through Buncombe County’s Affordable Housing Services Program.
This is open to all residents of the Emma neighborhood and the surrounding Erwin School District. Our membership program is designed to build trusting relationships and an engaged community. PODER Emma’s Community Outreach Team visits members to distribute mobile home safety materials, including motion detector lights, anti-theft plates, and heat tape.
Address: 528 Emma Road Asheville, NC 28806
Call (828) 515-1405 or visit the website for more information.
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