We are excited to announce a new program expanding the services we offer Maryland households looking to make their homes more comfortable, healthy, safe, and affordable.
This new program helps us offer no-cost repairs and home upgrades that will enable more households to receive weatherization assistance.
Weatherization is the process of making a home more energy efficient, which helps lower energy bills and improve indoor comfort. However, homes with certain problems can’t be weatherized right away. Issues like roof and basement leaks, mold, pest infestations, or structural damage can make a house ineligible for weatherization work.
Why is this? For example, upgrading the insulation in a home with roof leaks or mold could ruin the new insulation and even make the mold issues worse and harder to fix. These issues can affect not only the home’s energy efficiency but the safety and health of its occupants as well.
In the past, we’ve been unable to help families with weatherization services because of these types of issues, even though they are otherwise qualified. However, CAC is excited to launch this new repair program to help these and other homeowners improve their homes and take advantage of no-cost weatherization.
This program is funded by the local Howard County government, the US DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program, and a grant through HUD’s Healthy Homes Program.
The types of repairs covered will include:
This program is open to income-qualified homeowners and renters in Maryland. Some funding is only available for Howard County residents, while others are available for anyone statewide. Funding is limited, so our focus will be on homes where repairs can make the most impact on health and energy savings.
To see if your home qualifies, contact CAC for more information. With these no-cost repairs, we can make your home safer, healthier, and more energy efficient, at no cost to you! Here at CAC, we are proud to offer additional community support and help more Maryland families live in better homes.
