Program
Texas free weatherization
Texas's free insulation and efficiency program for lower-income households.
What it can pay for
- weatherization
- heating and air
- windows and doors
- plumbing
- electrical
- Official name
- Texas Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
- Where
- TX
- Status
- Program running
- Most it pays
- $12,000 per-project
- About the amount
- LIHEAP-funded weatherization: up to $12,000/household. Weatherization Readiness Funds: up to $12,000/home. DOE-funded planned average cost per home for 2026: $8,542.14; actual 2023 average ran $12,000-$12,700/home.
- Housing rules
- Stationary mobile homes count as dwellings. Renters qualify with written owner permission before work begins; the landlord can't raise rent for 12 months because of the weatherization.
- How long it takes
- No published timeline.
- How to apply
- Use TDHCA's 'Help for Texans' lookup, choose Weatherization, and enter a city or county to find the local subrecipient agency (or call 2-1-1). Ask for a weatherization application and a CEAP bill-help application at the same time. No Social Security number required.
- Does not pay for
- Doesn't pay the power bill itself — that's CEAP (the LIHEAP bill-assistance program), at the same local agency. Cosmetic remodels and anything the energy audit or priority list doesn't justify are excluded.
- Official source
- tdhca.texas.gov
- Last checked
- September 29, 2026