• FAIR HOUSING NOTICE
• 2024 Fair Housing Resolution
• Fair Housing Officer:  Call 570-890-4080  or EMail: Planning@ClintonCountyPA.gov

Homelessness Services

To access the Clinton County Housing Coalitions' Life Center or Merit House homeless shelters and other homelessness services,   just dial     2-1-1.

This is our primary referral number for people in immediate need of housing, whether just for one night, for a short period or permanently.   

You may also text your zip code to 898-211 to connect 24/7 with a trained professional who will assess your housing needs.

Owner-Occupied Home Rehabilitation Program

Clinton County provides owner-occupied home rehabilitation assistance to keep our housing stock in compliance with current building codes.

Weatherization assistance, handicap accessibility improvements, pre-purchase counseling, foreclosure prevention counseling, and utility payment assistance are also available to Clinton County residents through our Community Action Agency, STEP Inc.  Families with incomes below 80% of the area median are eligible for the home rehabilitation program. The definition of area median income is published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

2024 Levels

Using Community Development Block Grant, Keystone Communities, Act 105 PHARE, and Affordable Housing Funds when available, the county covers the cost of code compliance and/or handicap accessibility improvements to owner-occupied single-familyhomes. The types of repairs vary widely from correcting deficient electrical or plumbing service, to removing lead-based paint, to replacing rotted structural members, to fixing leaking roofs. Accessibility modifications may include widening doorways and halls, installing grab bars, building wheelchair ramps, and so forth.

To apply or if you are a contractor who would be interested in doing this work, please contact our housing program provider, STEP, Inc.

STEP, Inc.
2038 Lincoln Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
570-326-0587

Closing Cost Assistance Program

The County Affordable Housing Fund will provide closing cost assistance in the form of a 0%-interest, deferred loan for $2500 to cover normal closing costs for first-time homebuyers. 

Awards follow these criteria:

• A first-time homebuyer is defined as a household that has not owned a home during the past three years.

• The home to be purchased must be located within Clinton County.

• The homebuyer must plan to occupy the property as a principal residence. Seasonal homes are not eligible.

• The property must be a single-family residence that conforms with the Municipal Zoning Ordinance and the PA Uniform Building Code.

• At the time of closing, a lien will be placed against the property requiring that the loan be repaid when the property is either vacated or sold.

• The County will conduct a financial interview to determine eligibility.  Income levels are 100% of the HUD income limits.

For more information and the application package to this program, 

please click here:       APPLICATION PACKAGE

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