Home weatherization can be pricey, and community action agencies help homeowners save money. One agency has is using federal funding to nearly double the number of counties it serves with weatherization programs.
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency has been awarded more than $1.67 million for weatherization programs. The agency is using the funding to expand the number of counties it helps from six to eleven.
“With weatherization, obviously, we’ve at the very least doubled—in certain areas tripled—the amount of homes we can help," said Justin Walls, housing services director for the agency
Walls said his agency is helping to pick up the slack as other community action programs don’t have the staff required for weatherization.
While he said Mid-Michigan has the staff needed, now they need contractors.
"We’re gonna be doing somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 and 300 homes this year across those eleven counties," he said. "I would say that’s the biggest obstacle: we’re just looking to establish new relationships."
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency has applications open for contractors.