More funding for home repair left out of Pa. state budget [Video]

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HARRISBURG — A popular program that helps Pennsylvania homeowners with the cost of essential repairs did not receive more funding in this year’s state budget, despite overwhelming demand in many counties.

Almost 18,200 homeowners who applied for help from the Whole-Home Repairs program were waitlisted because of a lack of available funding, according to a survey by the Department of Community and Economic Development this spring.

“We’re very disappointed — more than disappointed,” said Rachel Goodgal, government affairs manager at the Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, a trade association that advocated for the program to receive more funding.

“I think most of the rank-and-file legislators can see that it has many benefits and is valuable to their constituents.”

The Whole-Home Repairs program was created in 2022 with bipartisan …