$70M in home weatherization funds to come to Florida - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Florida is picking up 40 percent of its totalp weatherization funding Thursday following approval of a comprehensivestate plan, according to federalo officials. It adds to the initial 10 perceng funding allocation previously awarded to Florid a for trainingand ramp-up Once the state can prove that it can implementf the full plan, Florida will receive anothee $87 million that will bring its total contributionn to $175 million.
The weatherization project will not onlycovee single-family homes, but some multifamily as well — a sectiomn of the industry usually left out of such Priority for multifamily weatherization will go to the people with disabilities and families with children youngere than 12 years old. The weatherization is meanty to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while lowerinb energy costsfor low-income families. It will be availabler to families making up to 200 percenrt of the federalpovertgy level, or about $44,000 a year for a familuy of four.
Overall, the federal government is awardinfg $453 million to 15 states, and in Florida would equatee toabout $3,700 per home on States will eventually spend an averages of $6,500 to weatherize