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{Helping Residents; Helping the Economy} Weatherization programs, like these new windows and weather stripping, make homes more energy-efficient and save residents hundreds of dollars on their heating and cooling expenses, all while creating jobs.

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{Watts-to-Well-Being} This program helps residents understand how to manage their energy use and how to keep their homes healthy.

Weatherization & Federal Stimulus Retrofit Resources

In 2010, to support national efforts to reduce energy use and stimulate jobs, federal stimulus money was dedicated to retrofit older properties. Important to Enterprise and our mission, it had the added benefit of saving low-income residents money. Affordable Housing Finance covered the work in June 2010: Battle to Weatherize: Affordable housing developers struggle for their share of stimulating weatherization cash.  

With the costs to operate affordable rental housing rising while the incomes of residents are flat or declining, reducing expenses for residents and managers by improving energy efficiency and water conservation is important. This effort:

  • Creates jobs
  • Reduces carbon emissions
  • Improves the sustainability of valuable assets

Department of Energy Guidance

Best Practices

National Housing Trust WAP's Technical Assistance Center State Best Practices for Weatherization State Best Practices for Energy Programs

More Information

Innovative Partnership in Weatherization
In New York, Community Weatherization Partners (CWP) is a joint venture with Local Initiatives Support Corporation created to weatherize over 2,100 units of low-income multifamily housing throughout New York City, using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds from US DOE, and is in partnership with NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Learn more about our weatherization work in New York.

Weatherization Policy & Comments
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