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- August 2024
Energy News Network: Massachusetts awards $53 million to help affordable housing operators cut emissions and make homes healthier
August 2, 2024
The second round of awards were made through Massachusetts’s Affordable Housing Decarbonization Grant Program, reports Energy News Network.
“Massachusetts has awarded $53 million — and announced plans for additional funding — to allow affordable housing operators to execute energy efficiency retrofits that are expected to reduce carbon emissions, cut energy bills, and create healthier, more comfortable homes for residents.
The state in late July announced the second round of awards in the Affordable Housing Decarbonization Grant Program, allocating $26.1 million to five organizations to improve insulation, tighten building envelopes, and switch to heat pump heating and cooling systems. These grants come seven months after an initial round of $27.4 million was awarded to seven affordable housing operators statewide.
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Along with the most recent round of awards, the state also announced it would invest another $40 million into the program in anticipation of giving out another set of grants in the fall.
The program was designed to address two major policy goals: decarbonization and addressing the state’s affordable housing crisis.”
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