The Manufactured (Mobile) Home Rehabilitation Program provides assistance for manufactured (mobile) home rehabilitation/repairs that are needed to remove an existing or imminent health and/or safety hazard; correct code violations; or make physical improvements, adaptations, or modifications for accessibility. Assistance is provided to eligible applicants in the form of a grant. Assistance may be repaid if the recipient vacates their manufactured (mobile) home within two years from the completion dates of the repairs.

Eligible Activities Include:

• Correction of health and safety hazards (i.e. electrical, gas, and water) on the house side of the meter.​
• Replace air conditioning equipment.
• Replace heating equipment. Does not include service calls/routine maintenance (i.e. cleaning furnaces or lighting pilot lights).
• Repair or replace water distribution pipes that have damage that has resulted in the need to have the water shut off to the residence.
• Correction of faulty electrical system equipment on the house side of the meter.
• Correction of faulty gas lines and equipment on the house side of the meter.
• Replacement of a roof (will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis).
• Replace an inoperative or defective water heater.
• Repair or replace the sewer system with collapsed sewer lines or other conditions that hinders property sewage disposal within the top of elevation grade to the mobile home connection or within the home.
• Accessibility modifications and improvements (evaluated on a case-by-case basis).
• Winterization to include mobile home skirt replacement and pipe wrapping (evaluated on a case-by-case basis).
• Correction of code violations on the dwelling as cited by Code Enforcement per eligible activities listed under the program description.
• Removal of unsafe or blighted conditions on the eligible property. Detached structures (i.e. sheds, garages, fences, etc.) can only be removed and cannot be repaired or replaced.

Ineligible Activities Include:

• Repairs of a cosmetic nature that do not pose a threat to health or safety.
• Mold remediation whether cited by Code Enforcement or not.
• Detached structures (sheds, garages, etc.) and fencing can only be removed and not replaced.
• Manufactured (mobile) home replacement​.

Learn More and See If You Qualify

Please read the Manufactured (Mobile) Home Program Description* for more details and eligibility requirements. If you believe you meet these requirements, contact the Housing Development division at 757-385-5750 or HomeRehab@vbgov.com to request a brief screening.

*The program description is not the application. Applications will be completed if it is determined that you qualify after the screening.