Housing Market Reinvestment Program

By Press release submission

Mar 4, 2022

City of Massillon recently issued the following announcement.

In 2015 City Council established the Housing Market Reinvestment Program (HMRP). The purpose of the HMRP is to create a grant to encourage homebuyers in the City of Massillon to purchase a home that is either:

Located in the Target Area; or
Property purchased after previous foreclosure

Homeowners that have met the criteria listed above are eligible to apply for the HMRP grant each year for 3 years following the purchase of their home. Applications are accepted beginning March 1st of every year, and ending March 31st. Applications received or postmarked after the March 31st deadline will be denied.

Qualifying homebuyers must remain in their home and it must be their primary residence for 3 years following the purchase. The amount of grants will be based funding ability. The maximum grant awarded cannot be greater than $1,000 or amount of property taxes paid, whichever is less.

Download the HMRP Application

View the HMRP Ordinance and Guidelines

View the Target Area Street Map

Original source can be found here.

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City of Massillon