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Florida Weatherization Assistance Program
Run by FloridaCommerce, through local community action agencies and nonprofits
Free energy-efficiency improvements for low-income Florida households (income up to 200% of the federal poverty level), chosen by an energy audit of the home. Apply by phone through the local agency for your county; there's no online application.
Amounts
How much you get
The work is free. Services are based on an energy audit and must be allowable, reasonable, necessary and cost-effective; how much each agency can do depends on available funding.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 4 of these.
Your home is in Florida.
Household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines: for example $30,120 a year for one person or $62,400 for a family of four (add $10,760 for each person beyond eight).
Owners show proof of homeownership; renters need the landlord's authorization.
What to doIf you rent, get written authorization from your landlord.
Preference goes to residents 60 or older, people with disabilities, families with children under 18 and households with high energy bills.
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
You apply by phone.
- Find the agency for your county.
FloridaCommerce's list (www.FloridaJobs.org/WAPHelp) gives each county's provider and phone number. Bay County has no provider right now.
- Call the agency and apply.
Applications are only available from the local providers, not online.
- Provide documents.
ID, proof of income and Social Security cards for everyone in the household, a recent utility bill, proof of ownership or landlord authorization, and proof of disability, elderly status or a child in the home if it applies.
- Energy audit and free work.
The agency audits the home and installs the measures the audit justifies.
Photo ID
Proof of income for all household members
Social Security cards for all household members
Recent utility bill
Proof of homeownership, or landlord authorization if renting
Forms and instructionsWeatherization Assistance Program - FloridaCommerce
Stacking
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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 Florida Weatherization Assistance Program pay?
Work done at no cost. The work is free. Services are based on an energy audit and must be allowable, reasonable, necessary and cost-effective; how much each agency can do depends on available funding.
Is there an income limit?
Household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines: for example $30,120 a year for one person or $62,400 for a family of four (add $10,760 for each person beyond eight).
Do renters qualify?
Owners show proof of homeownership; renters need the landlord's authorization. If you rent, get written authorization from your landlord.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.
Can I apply online?
No. Applications are only available by calling the local provider for your county.
Plain words
Words used on this page
- Federal poverty level
- An income line set each year by the federal government, by household size.
References
Sources
This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.
- Weatherization Assistance Program - FloridaCommerce
- Contact Your Local Weatherization Office For Help - FloridaCommerce
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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