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Administered by the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC), for the City of Philadelphia.

Free repairs for electrical, plumbing, heating, roofing and limited structural emergencies in owner-occupied single-family homes in Philadelphia, for households up to $122,700 a year for four. Heater repairs start with the Heater Hotline.

source · verified 26 September 2026 · amounts in US dollars

What it pays

Free emergency repairs

What counts as an emergency

  • Dangerous electrical conditions, such as overheating wiring or circuits that will not stay on
  • Leaking or broken sewer or water service lines
  • Violations from the Water Department, PGW, PECO or L&I
  • Roof leaks that have brought down 4 square feet or more of ceiling
  • Carpentry repairs to floors and joists, and limited repairs to exterior walls
  • A heater the Heater Hotline finds must be replaced

Who is eligible

Income limits
People in householdYearly income up to
1$85,900
2$98,200
3$110,500
4$122,700
5$132,600
6$142,400
7$152,200
8$162,000
Each additional person$9,800
who
You own and live in the single-family house, own no other residential property in Philadelphia, and are current (or on a payment agreement) on property taxes and the water bill.

Where the application goes

Through the city's One Philly Front Door portal; heaters through the Heater Hotline.

Where the application goes
If this is youApply here
Repairsphdcphila.org
Heater Hotline215-568-7190

It fixes emergencies, not efficiency

BSRP repairs what is broken or dangerous. For weatherization, the city's Built to Last program, run by the Philadelphia Energy Authority, combines repair, weatherization and utility programs for lower-income homeowners, and PECO's and PGW's income-qualified programs apply in the city.