My house has no heat and no insulation under it. It was built in 1983. I am disabled and low income. Is there a program or a government grant I can get for a coal or wood burning stove? LIHEAP is always out of funds in my are. I live in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The weatherization people were here last year, but never came back. I qualify for wall heaters, but they are always out of money also. Can anyone help me or am I going to have to move?
By Paul
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How did you end up in a house with no heat and no insulation under it? When I was married we bought a brand new house that had a basement, but there wasn''t any insulation in what would be considered the ceiling of the basement. We never suffered.
There was insulation in the walls and attic and my husband put two extra layers of insulation in the attic. That was to cut down on heat bills. I thought all houses came with some kind of heat in them, or did your furnace die?
Now to get some help, I assume being you are low income and disabled you have some kind of social worker at the Department of Social Services/Welfare Office. There is a nationwide organization that helps people with home repairs, when they are low income, elderly and/or disabled. It has different names in different places.
Here in South Dakota it is basically called Opportunities for Independent Living (OIL) and that is what it is called in some of the towns where I live it is called The Independent Living Center, and in some places it is called Prairie Freedom Center. Your social worker should know what it is called where you live.
That being said, if you qualify, I don't think you would get the help right away, because they don't have their own repair people and have to find the right people that are willing to work at a little bit lower rate of pay than actual repair people do.
Also if you don't continue to live in the house for a certain number of years after the repairs are made you will have to pay it back on a pro-rated basis. But from everything I have heard it is a good deal for people that need the help. Call your social worker tomorrow and ask her about this organization. I would think that person should be able to give you the information that you need about this organization.
I think you mean your basement isn't heated and it's not insulated as well. You should contact your Village Town Hall & ask for the phone number to the Senior Services Dept. As for LIHEAP I get it all the time the secret is to get the date from your Senior Service Dept.
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