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Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) Home Improvement Loans
Run by Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF), a nonprofit community lender
SELF, a Florida nonprofit lender, offers unsecured home improvement loans starting at 5% for A/C, insulation, solar, water heaters, roofs and storm hardening, approving people on ability to repay rather than credit score, with pre-screened contractors.
Amounts
How much you get
Unsecured loans starting at 5%; amount and term depend on the project and your ability to repay. SELF pre-screens contractors and manages the project.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 2 of these.
Your home is in Florida.
SELF lends based on ability to repay, not credit score; check its prequalification (doesn't affect your credit score).
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
You apply online.
- Prequalify online (no effect on your credit score).
- SELF reviews the project and pre-screened contractor pricing.
- The contractor does the work; you repay the loan.
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 Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) Home Improvement Loans pay?
Unsecured loans starting at 5%; amount and term depend on the project and your ability to repay. SELF pre-screens contractors and manages the project.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.
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