SPOKANE, Wash. — A local program is weatherizing homes, making them warmer and safer during the winter months. The only qualification is that your household income must be at or below 60% of the state median.
SNAP (Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners) undertakes various projects to improve energy efficiency and sustainability in homes.
SNAP reports that many more people qualify for its weatherization program than commonly believed. The organization’s team is equipped to handle numerous projects aimed at helping residents save on energy costs.
Each year, SNAP assists around 280 individuals through its weatherization program, addressing needs such as window and door installations, ventilation repairs, and furnace fixes.
For those on fixed incomes, like Christine Wilson, these repairs can be prohibitively expensive.
With over $7,000 in costs for a sewer repair Wilson feared she would have to leave her home it wasn’t resolved.
That’s when Wilson called SNAP.
“SNAP came out and they put $7,500 in that sewer line, and that only replaced 10 feet of it, it’s amazing what that kind of thing costs. I was just tickled pink, oh my gosh, I have the house again,” said wilson.
Since then, Wilson has had her doors and windows replaced and her furnace cleaned and repaired through SNAP.
Once an application is accepted, SNAP sends a consultant to assess the home, and projects are typically completed within two months. There is no waiting list, and the U.S. Department of Energy states that weatherization can save an average of $283 annually on energy bills.
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