Armor Building Solutions is proud to be an approved contractor for the South Carolina Safe Home Mitigation Program. The South Carolina Safe Home program, administered by the South Carolina Department of Insurance, provides matching and non-matching grant funds to help coastal property owners retrofit their homes to make them more resistant to hurricanes and high-wind damage. The funds provided by this program are for the sole purpose of retrofitting owner-occupied, single-family homes. SC Safe Home funds may not be used for remodeling, home repair or new construction.
Grant award amounts are based on the cost of the mitigation project and the total annual adjusted gross household income of the applicant, adjusted for family size relative to the county area median income or the state median family income, whichever is higher. These statewide and countywide income figures are published annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD 2022 Datasets.
The maximum individual grant amounts (effective July 5, 2023) are as follows:
Matching Grants: $3,000.00
Non-matching Grants: $5,000.00
To help applicants determine the estimated grant award amount, the South Carolina Department
of Insurance has provided an award estimator located at SCSafeHome.com.
If the cost of the mitigation project exceeds the amount of the grant award, the remaining cost is the responsibility of the applicant. No grant award may exceed $5,000. There is approximately $2.2 million available for funding for this year’s Safe Home program. The initial round of the 2023-2024 funding cycle will be available July 5, 2023. At this time, the program will accept applications and award grants using the methodology described above. The total amount awarded during this round will not exceed $1.1 million.
When filling out the grant application, please be sure to choose Armor Building Solutions as your Contractor. If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call at (843) 717-1746.
**Please note they we cannot answer any questions regarding the grant application process. Should you have any questions concerning this information, please contact the SC Safe Home Grant Program staff by calling (803) 737 – 6087. You may also contact the staff at the following email address: scsafehome@doi.sc.gov.