For a home to be considered for the Program, it must be:
- Constructed before December 3, 1986 in the City of Des Moines and in all other areas built prior to September 6, 1987
- Mobile/Manufactured homes are not eligible
- Located within the SEA Noise Remedy Boundary established under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepted Noise Exposure Map (NEM)
- An owner or tenant-occupied residential structure
- Clean title (no adverse judgements)
- Free of building code violations
- Have an average interior noise level that is 45 dB DNL or greater with the windows & doors closed (determined during acoustic testing).