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Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)

Expanded Homeowners Assistance Program under the
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
 

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Department of Defense implementing guidance temporarily expands the HAP to assist:
 

• Wounded, injured or ill members of the Armed Forces (30% or greater disability) and wounded Department of Defense (DoD), including Coast Guard and civilian employees reassigned to further medical treatment or rehabilitation, or due to medical retirement in connection with their disability;

• Surviving spouses of the wounded warriors

• Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 impacted homeowners relocating during the mortgage crisis; and

• Service member homeowners with orders for a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move during the mortgage crisis.

Conventional Homeowners Assistance Program

An earlier program, authorized in 1966 and called the Conventional Homeowners Assistance Program, provides some monetary relief to eligible service members (including Coast Guard) and federal employees (including non-appropriated fund) homeowners who suffer a financial loss on the sale of their primary residence when a base closure or realignment announcement causes a decline in the residential real estate market and homeowners are unable to sell their homes under reasonable terms.

There are three approved Conventional HAP programs. Each is managed by the Savannah District:
 

• Brunswick Naval Air Station, Brunswick, ME

• Communities in Germany

• Ft. Monmouth, NJ

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acquires single-family homes and other properties, with up to two living units, under the authority of a Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP). The HAP is for eligible applicants who are unable to sell their homes, under reasonable terms and conditions, as a result of a base closure or realignment action in certain locations. The properties are then offered for sale to the public. Local real estate agents may show the properties to prospective buyers and submit offers on behalf of the buyer. In addition, local real estate agents will have information such as location of schools, churches, public transportation, and shopping centers.

Click here to see the current inventory (page will open in a new window).

The point of contact for the Resale Program for the Brunswick, Maine HAP is: Mr. James B. Simpson, email james.b.simpson@usace.army.mil.

For questions concerning eligibility for the HAP, please visits the DoD website at http://hap.usace.army.mil

For questions regarding how to apply for the HAP, visit the DoD HAP website at http://hap.usace.army.mil/HowToApply.html and select from the map options to find contact information for the correct HAP Field Office that covers the territory in which your property resides.