Southeast will have thicker insulation and thicker wallets this winter thanks to a $1 million grant from The U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development.
The grant will fund a program to ‘Super-weatherize’ homes to reduce high energy costs for seniors and other low-income families living in Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority housing in the communities of Angoon, Hoonah and Kake.
“By working (with Rural Development) we can make a difference, especially in communities affected by the high cost energy,” said Craig Moore, THRHA Vice President of Planning and Development. “This award couldn’t have come at a better time. Southeast communities are struggling to address the high cost of energy and establish economic stability.”
Moore said the project could save 30 percent to 50 percent on energy bills and home retrofits will provide jobs for southeast Alaskans. Weatherization work may include new insulation, upgrading heating, venting and lighting.
The project will also provide community energy use education and energy use monitoring to assist with long-term changes in energy use. THRHA construction crews will receive multifamily weatherization training specific to southeast Alaska climate using already secured funding.
• Contact reporter Russell Stigall at 523-2276 or at russell.stigall@juneauempire.com.
Comments (14)
Add commentBO spending more of our grand
BO spending more of our grand kids money, years before they can start working to pay it off.
But like most leftist, it's all about them. Let the kids eat cake!
Weatherization
So, why don't the rest of us (non native) get any help with this?
Creating Jobs
Yes Government creates jobs. I watched this same program over ten years ago, the house next to mine received windows, insulation and the likes, for FREEEE. That winter, I could not help but notice they left a window wide open because the subsidized heating oil made the house too hot. Save the polar bears, build squiggly lights in China and pay for thy neighbors remodel. OH BOY Green jobs will save us.
Flip that house
“”community energy use education and energy use monitoring”” Yes and Government will monitor your use of energy? 40 homes, 25K a piece. I say flip that house, for a 25K profit. Unless Government is preventing you from selling through the monitoring and education process.
Weatherization
bigdan57....not all Natives benefit from this. I think it's totally unfair that everyone, no matter what race you are, isn't eligible for this. That said, you basically have to be older and on social security, or unemployed to qualify.
I love green jobs
How many "jobs" were created by this remodel giveaway? 10, 20? How long do they last? maybe a year? The great green energy/green job promise is wonderful.
Where is my comment?
I've commented twice and still my comment is not posted. What gives JE?
The homes built by Tlingit
The homes built by Tlingit and Haida ARE NOT only for natives! The housing offered are for non-natives as well. The most recent homes built had Caucasians, Filipinos and African Americans who qualified for the homes living in them. You really should understand the programs offered before you start bashing the native community. These homes ARE NOT GIVEN to natives. The people who apply must qualify under several different criteria. THEN their rent or house payment, depending on the program applied under, is based on their income. When my husband and I started our family, we paid almost $1000 a month and all utilities and fuel. We were under a purchase program through Tlingit and Haida and would have had to live in the home for 30 years before we received a title. Add it up and we would have paid almost $360,000 for a 3 bedroom/2 bath home.
I'm not one to really complain or say anything but people REALLY should do their research!!!! I'm tired of all the native bashing especially when these programs are offered to non-natives as well. Most natives are productive members of our community and some are even your neighbors, yes god forbid - we have stepped out of our designated areas and moved into the "respectable" neighborhoods. Come on people!!!! Juneau used to be such a friendly community and now all I ever hear or read are snarky comments and insults. What happened Juneau?
Yes I got snarky, I'm just sick and tired of all the native bashing that goes on. No one race is better than the next, we are all in this world together so let's act like mature people and not playground bullies!
I give up!
I give up trying to post, it seems that JE condones Native bashing but not the facts or anything that does not induce rage or insults.
rjones51
stating that {Natives} "trash the house that they were given for nothing" is racist and rude.... I have flagged your comment as offensive, and I'm positive I'm not the only one offended by it.
I agree with JNUKara. I
I agree with JNUKara. I don't think natives have any kind of monopoly on trashing houses. I've seen houses that were seriously trashed by non-natives.
congrats THRHA
Glad to hear the THRHA is getting recognized for their good work in parts of SE. Peopel in other parts of the region can get help with adding insulation via teh state's Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
This is not a partisan issue. Weatherizing homes now will save us all money that is being spent buying heating fuel from other parts of the world, money that will instead be spent locally and help improve our economy and communities.
Charity
Getting a job without racial handouts, supporting your own family w/out gov and charity handouts, and stop the drugs, alcohol abuse. Perhaps many more people if they took care of there personal business, perhaps they wouldnt need programs like these? Handouts to some are actually easier to recieve then to go out and make an effort to support your own, some think it is owed to them just because, of there own laziness. Surprise surprise the world does not owe you !!
I didn't figure it would be
I didn't figure it would be long before the TVA apologists were out in force to sing for their collective supper.What's the sulfur content of a processed briquette of charcoal versus the same amount of bituminous coal powder?
This is fantastic. My husband
This is fantastic. My husband and I own several businesses and still owe on several businesses that no longer exist. Our 17 yr old son just opened a paintball field. Our guidelines for him before we would “invest” were almost identical to yours. Our most successful ideas and most solid business did not need hundreds of thousands to start up and create profit. The paintball field will meet your criteria and it doesn’t need you, a bank, or even much more mom money. It’s amusing that anyone has pitched anything to you. Even more amusing is the people that whine about publicly posting their ideas. DOING takes more effort than most people are willing to give. We are transparent about how we run our business, anyone could duplicate what we do. It never happens.