A storm-damaged apartment building in a landscape scarred by Hurricane Helene on March 24, 2025 near Swannanoa, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality State Energy Office is launching a $10 million Home Repair Weatherization Readiness Program, a companion to the current Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
This funding applies to counties damaged by Hurricane Helene and identified as “Most Impacted and Distressed” by the State of North Carolina Action Plan, the agency announced last week.
The office plans to award $6 million to the Western Piedmont Council of Governments and $4 million to a list of current WAP service providers.
DEQ hopes to serve more than 575 households with the program, according to a press release.
The funds can contribute to home repair for affected homes on the WAP deferral lists, where households were placed if a home needed major repairs or other work that was not eligible for existing funding.
“This new weatherization readiness funding is an important piece of the comprehensive effort to accelerate long-term recovery and strengthen energy resilience in communities hit hard by Helene,” DEQ Secretary Reid Wilson said. “These projects will drive down home utility bills and ensure safer, healthier and more energy-efficient homes for families who need it most.”
By making affected homes more energy efficient, DEQ is also helping to lower carbon emissions and reducing the strain on the electric grid,
As the state works to provide additional relief to those impacted families, Gov. Josh Stein made a request Monday to ask Congress for $13.5 billion towards Hurricane Helene recovery.
This allotment would contribute to restoring homes and small businesses, supporting local government services, and rebuilding roads and bridges.
Stein will travel to Washington on Wednesday to meet with federal officials about the plea.
“Nearly a year has passed since Hurricane Helene struck western North Carolina, and it’s been nearly nine months since Congress last appropriated money toward recovery. Just like folks in the gulf states, the mid-Atlantic, and Puerto Rico, the people of western North Carolina deserve federal support after a major hurricane, and the time to act is now,” Stein said.
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