Groups like the Energy Resource Center are providing free repairs to families with older homes to reduce their energy bills.
“As the home gets older, it settles, and so, as it settles, in all the little cracks and crevices, the weather seeps in,” said Paige.
Paige has dreamed of upgrading windows or adding insulating the attic, but for years, those projects have been on hold. “Our lowest-income families tend to live in the oldest and least efficient housing. So, people who can least afford a high energy bill have the highest bills,” said Howard Brooks, the CEO of the Energy Resource Center.
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