My mom prior to the pension for 10 years was maintaining a home on $1100 a month so a lot of maintenance went undone. My husband and I helped her as much as we financially could but now b/c house outside needs work she cannot get homeowners insurance until it’s fixed. We can work on it but it would help if there was an org out there to help widows of vets fix their home. Any ideas? TYIA
Otherwise, she may need to get an equity loan. If it was me, I would get the loan, fix up the house and then sell it paying off equity loan. I would have had to eventually done something like this with my Mom. Her SS and pension would not have covered taxes, upkeep and utilities. In the 10 yrs since Dad died, the cost of living had really gone up. By selling the house it will give Mom a cushion, a nice little apartment where she only pays electric and TV.
I’m not sure of other sources of funding or if it exists.
Good luck!