Maricopa County Emergency Home Repair Program protecting households from extreme heat [Video]

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — With more First Alert heat on tap for the Valley this weekend, the last thing you want to happen is to have your A/C unit go out. An emergency repair or replacement can cost thousands of dollars, but the Maricopa County Emergency Home Repair Program is here to help.

The program started in 2021, and its goal is to make emergency repairs that impact the quality of health and safety in residents’ homes.

Throughout the past few years, the program has helped:

• Over 800 households
• 245 of them needed emergency HVAC repairs or replacements

One of those households was Myriam Eythrib’s home in Chandler. Her family’s A/C unit was 20 to 25 years old and had started acting up at the end of last summer.

Eythrib was the sole caregiver for her husband, who was disabled for 15 years and was searching for resources to help them with repair costs. However, the search was put on hold when her husband passed …