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Weatherization Program
Run by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), with regional weatherization service providers
Free weatherization work for Alaska homeowners and renters who meet AHFC's income limits, delivered by the regional weatherization service provider for your area. Income limits depend on household size and on the borough or census area you live in.
Amounts
How much you get
The work is free to qualified applicants. What gets done depends on the provider's assessment of the home. AHFC's operations manual sets cost limits per home that providers work within; they are not paid to the household.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 6 of these.
Your home is in Alaska.
Household gross income for the 12 months before you apply can't exceed AHFC's limit for your household size and area. FY2026 limits for a 4-person household, for example: $135,100 in Anchorage, $137,500 in Juneau, $120,300 in the Fairbanks North Star and Mat-Su boroughs.
For state-funded weatherization, a household automatically meets the income test if a member received Adult Public Assistance, ATAP, TANF, SSI, food stamps, LIHEAP heating assistance or DHSS Senior Benefits in the 12 months before approval, or receives Medicaid Waiver services.
Homeowners and renters may apply. Renters need a landlord-tenant agreement signed with the provider.
What to doIf you rent, ask your landlord to sign the weatherization landlord-tenant agreement your provider gives you.
Rentals and condos are included. An eligible dwelling can be a house, cabin, stationary mobile home, apartment, or a room occupied as separate living quarters.
A home can be weatherized again 15 years after its last weatherization, but previously weatherized homes are placed lower on the wait list.
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
You apply in person.
- Check the income limits.
Find your borough or census area and household size in AHFC's FY2026 income limits table.
- Contact the weatherization provider for your area.
AHFC's service provider page lists providers by region (for example RurAL CAP, Alaska Community Development Corporation, Interior Weatherization and the regional housing authorities). If you live in a home owned by a regional housing authority, contact that authority directly.
- Apply and verify income.
Report all household income for the past 12 months; renters also need the landlord-tenant agreement.
- Wait for your turn.
Providers rank applicants; households with elderly (55+) or disabled members, children under 6, the lowest incomes, and emergencies such as no working heat in winter come first.
- Home assessment and weatherization work.
Forms and instructionsWeatherization (AHFC) · FY2026 Weatherization Income Limits for Alaska (AHFC PDF) · Weatherization Operations Manual 2026, Section 1 Policies and Procedures (AHFC PDF)
Stacking
Use it with
Your address
Next steps
Check that it covers your address. Then, if you want, ask for a contractor quote.
Is it available at your address?
Before anything else
Your quote request is in If a contractor we work with serves your ZIP, they can contact you. We take one request per person; contact us to change it.
Get an email if this program changes
We'll write if its amount, status or deadline changes. Nothing else.
FAQ
Questions
How much does Weatherization Program pay?
Work done at no cost. The work is free to qualified applicants. What gets done depends on the provider's assessment of the home. AHFC's operations manual sets cost limits per home that providers work within; they are not paid to the household.
Is there an income limit?
Household gross income for the 12 months before you apply can't exceed AHFC's limit for your household size and area. FY2026 limits for a 4-person household, for example: $135,100 in Anchorage, $137,500 in Juneau, $120,300 in the Fairbanks North Star and Mat-Su boroughs.
Do renters qualify?
Homeowners and renters may apply. Renters need a landlord-tenant agreement signed with the provider. If you rent, ask your landlord to sign the weatherization landlord-tenant agreement your provider gives you.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.
Who do I contact to see if I qualify?
The weatherization provider for your area. Check the income guidelines first; if you live in a home owned by a regional housing authority, contact the housing authority directly.
Are assets counted?
No. Assets aren't reviewed to decide eligibility; only income a resident receives from assets during the income review period counts.
Who gets served first?
Households with an elderly (55 or older) or disabled resident or a child under 6, the lowest-income households, and emergencies. Emergencies are life-threatening conditions such as no working heat in winter or carbon monoxide poisoning.
Plain words
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References
Sources
This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.
- Weatherization (AHFC)
- Weatherization Service Providers (AHFC)
- FY2026 Weatherization Income Limits for Alaska (AHFC PDF)
- Weatherization Operations Manual 2026, Section 1 Policies and Procedures (AHFC PDF)
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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