Grants for Heat Insulation
- Your heat insulation project can be paid for by weatherization grants funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. You qualify for weatherization grants if you meet low-income guidelines. Grants are used to pay for improvements to your home to make it energy efficient. Along with insulating your home, other projects include window replacement and improving heating, cooling and electrical systems. The average cost to weatherize a home is $6,500, as of 2011.
- If you are 62 years of age and older and cannot afford to pay back a loan, you can apply for a grant to insulate your home through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Very-Low-Income Housing Repair program provides financial awards to be used to repair or renovate your home after the removal of health and safety hazards. The maximum grant amount of this program is $7,500, as of 2011. The grant program requires you not to sell your home for three years, or it can recapture grant funds.
- You can receive financial assistance to insulate your home through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Up to 25 percent of the financial award is used for residential weatherization. Only low-income households are eligible to receive grant assistance. Grants are disbursed to public agencies, nonprofit organizations and state and tribal government organizations, to which you have to apply for financial help.
- Another source o financial help to cover heat insulation projects is the Housing Preservation grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Grants are awarded to you if you're a landlord, homeowner or co-op member in communities of fewer than 20,000 residents. Funds are used to repair and rehabilitate homes occupied by low-income households. You apply for grants through state and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations. You have two years to use the grant funds.
