2.9 : Low-Income Housing




2.9.1 Program Definitions
DOE Weatherization: Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program
DOE Weatherization Eligible Households: Households with incomes at or below 125% of the Federal poverty level,
which varies by family size; however, a State may instead elect to use the LIHEAP income standard if its State LIHEAP
income standard is at least 125% of the Federal poverty level. Data listed in this chapter include previously weatherized
units. DOE Weatherization Eligible Households are a subset of Federally Eligible Households.
DOE Weatherization Recipient Households: Households that have received weatherization under DOE Weatherization funding.
Federally Eligible Households: Households with incomes below the Federal maximum standard of 150% to 200% of the poverty line
or 60% of the State median income, whichever is higher.
HHS: Department of Health and Human Services
LIHEAP: HHS's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
LIHEAP Eligible Households: Households with incomes below the Federal maximum poverty income level, i.e., 150% of the Federal
poverty guidelines or 75% of State median income, whichever is higher.
LIHEAP Recipient Households: Households that received fuel subsidies for home heating, cooling, or energy crisis benefits in the
year previous to a particular household survey.









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Weatherization Population Facts

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Weatherization Program Facts

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Weatherization Costs and Savings



Sources:

ORNL, Scope of the Weatherization Assistance Program: Profile of the Population in Need, Mar. 1994, p. 1.2 for Weatherization eligible, Weatherization recipient, and LIHEAP eligible households

EIA, Housing Characteristics 1993, June 1995, p. 336 for Federally eligible for weatherization

HHS, LIHEAP Report to Congress FY 2001, Feb. 2003, Table E-1, p. 105 and Figure 1, p. iii for LIHEAP recipient household

Department of Energy, What is the Weatherization Program, p. 2, Feb. 2009

U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Guidance, Policy, and Procedures, Feb. 2009