Home Energy and Weatherization Assistance, District IV Human Resource Development Council
FreeHome hardening · Free to qualifying landowners, from District IV Human Resource Development Council
Montana's Weatherization Assistance Program pays for work on the home itself, at no cost to a household that qualifies. An energy auditor visits first and decides which measures are the most cost effective for that house; then a crew or an independent contractor installs them. The work can include insulation in walls, floors, ceilings and attics, air sealing and blower door testing, repair or replacement of heating systems, insulation on ducts and heating pipes, and health and safety work: combustion appliance safety testing, venting repairs, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and a check for mould and moisture. A household approved for LIHEAP heating help is also eligible for weatherization, and one combined application covers both. This is the office the state names for the county.
The visit comes before the work, and it decides the work. An energy auditor walks the house and picks the measures that pay for themselves, so what you get is not a menu you choose from: crews may not be able to install everything a house needs, and on some houses the state says it may not be cost effective to install anything at all. Expect a wait. Approved applications are ranked into priority groups by degree of need, older adults and disabled people first, and the state's own advice is that if a year passes with no work done you should apply again rather than assume you were refused. Where this comes from
Who qualifies Requires a home to weatherize, so a residence rather than raw land. Income qualified households; the state publishes an upper income limit for weatherization set at 200 percent of the poverty level, and the limits change with the programme year. Approved applications are ranked by degree of need into priority groups, with special priority for older adults and disabled people. If an application is approved but no help arrives within a year, the state's own advice is to apply again.
How to apply Contact this office, which takes the applications for its counties. One combined LIHEAP and Weatherization application covers both the heating bill help and the weatherization work, and the state publishes it on the Weatherization Assistance Program page.
Listed on their own website or an official directory. We have not called it.
Where it applies
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District IV Human Resource Development Council
Nonprofit2229 Fifth Avenue, Havre, MT, 59501
