The Town of Garner has engaged Preserving Home to operate the Town's Housing Preservation Assistance Program. The purpose of this program is to preserve affordable homeownership and support our Garner neighbors through home repairs, accessibility modifications and home performance upgrades. These improvements are funded by the Town annually and delivered by Preserving Home.

To learn more or to apply for assistance, visit the Preserving Home website. Interested in applying for home repair assistance? Complete a homeowner application on their website.

Homeowner Application

Resources for Seniors provides home and community-based services so that disabled and senior adults can maximize their independence for as long as possible while remaining in their homes. Resources for Seniors partners with the Town of Garner and has an office in the Garner Senior Center.

Home Modification and Repair Services

The Housing and Home Improvement department at Resources for Seniors assists with health and safety modifications or repairs at your home, such as adding a wheelchair ramp or grab bars or fixing minor plumbing leaks, heating unit repairs, and roof leaks.

Apply for Repairs

Weatherization Assistance

The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) uses federal funds to provide energy-saving improvements on homes of low-income Wake County residents (no age limit).  Weatherization makes your home more energy efficient. Your home may need weatherization services if:

• You struggle to pay heating or cooling bills each month.
• Your home seems hard to heat and cool.
• You notice drafts around doors and windows

Learn more  about the Weatherization Assistance Program

Wake County provides rehabilitation grants and loans to low-income homeowners to help with repairs including roofs, structural repairs, accessibility upfits, well and septic system repairs, and more.  To find out more, call 919-856-5906 and ask to speak to a Community Development Specialist.

• Wake County Well Water & Septic Programs
• Repair & Rehab Program Info Sheet

Extreme heat or cold during the winter and summer months can cause energy costs to increase and result in high energy bills that can impact a family's budget. Water bills can also cause unexpected expenses on family finances. Wake County's Department of Health and Human Services offers utility assistance programs - visit their website for more information about current program availability and to apply online.

• Wake County Utility Assistance Programs
• Cool for Wake
• Warmth for Wake
• Apply for utility assistance online

The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency provides financing to local government and nonprofit partners to help elderly, special needs, and low income homeowners with urgent repairs, comprehensive rehabilitation or accessibility modifications to their homes.  Emergency repairs can correct housing conditions that threaten your life or safety, and accessibility modifications can help you to remain in your home after an injury or serious illness. The local organizations determine if you qualify and, if so, contract for and supervise the work.

Learn more about NCHFA's Rehab & Repair Programs

In Wake County, NCHFA programs are administered by the Central Pines Regional Council.  Visit the CPRC Housing site to find out about available Repair and Rehabilitation Loans.

Central Pines Regional Council Homeowner Assistance Programs

The Wake County Department of Tax Administration appraises real estate and personal property within the county, as well as generating and collecting the tax bills. On their website, you can:

• Search real estate records.
• Search property tax bills.
• Pay tax bills online.
• Find foreclosures.
• Appeal tax appraisals.
• Request tax relief.

2024 Real Estate Revaluation

Every four years, Wake County revalues real estate to ensure all properties are valued and taxed equitably. Real estate revaluations are required by law in North Carolina, and they set the tax value of all residential and commercial land and structures such as homes, office, buildings, stores, and farms.

Learn more about the 2024 Revaluation

The Register of Deeds Office serves as custodian and manager of a large number of public records, including deeds, deeds of trust, and subdivision plats. The General Statutes of North Carolina govern the Register of Deeds Office which has the responsibility of protecting the integrity, completeness, accuracy and safekeeping of these public records.

Wake County Register of Deeds

Consumer Alert: Avoid paying unnecessary fees for official property documents

Wake County GIS and Raleigh GIS developed the iMAPS online interactive mapping application to provide easy access to reliable property information. Users can look up properties by owner name, address, place of interest or intersection and retrieve a variety of maps and property information. Help pages are available to make iMAPS easy to use.

iMAPS Application

iMAPS Information

Raleigh Water provides water and sanitary sewer services to a service area population of approximately 630,000 residents in Raleigh, Garner, Wake Forest, Rolesville, Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon areas.  As part of a merger community, Garner homeowners make water and sewer utility payments directly to the City of Raleigh, not the Town of Garner.

Utility Service Requests and Payments

Utility Customer Assistance Program

The Utility Customer Assistance Program (UCAP) was established by the City of Raleigh to help economically distressed water and sewer utility customers manage their utility bills.  UCAP is administered in partnership with the Wake County Human Services Department, which provides eligibility screening services for the program.

Utility Customer Assistance Program

Property Maintenance

Grass and weeds over 12 inches in height over a majority of a property are considered a public nuisance violation under Town ordinance.  Learn about the Town's rules for yard and property maintenance by watching this brief video.

Town Service Requests 

The Town offers the 'garner info' app that residents can use to report maintenance and public safety issues and track the progress of their service request.  You can submit a request via the Town's website or download the free "garner info" service request app at the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

garner info Service Requests

For additional information regarding property maintenance, code enforcement, and service requests, please contact our Inspections Department at 919.773.4433.

Garner residents with school age children receive a student school assignment each year from Wake County Public School System as part of their annual assignment planning process. Please visit the WCPSS website to learn more about:

• Student Assignment
• New Student Enrollment
• Assignment Planning Process