New Jersey weatherization assistance program income limits
The New Jersey weatherization assistance program pays to seal and insulate a home so it loses less heat and costs less to heat through the winter. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources runs the program, and sets the New Jersey weatherization assistance program income limits at 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, the government measure many assistance programs use to set an income cutoff. Effective January 15, 2026, a household of 1 can earn up to 31,920 dollars a year and still qualify, and a household of 4 up to 66,000 dollars.
Each additional person beyond a household of 8 adds 11,360 dollars to the limit
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| Household of 1 | 31,920 |
| Household of 2 | 43,280 |
| Household of 3 | 54,640 |
| Household of 4 | 66,000 |
| Household of 5 | 77,360 |
How to apply and who New Jersey prioritizes
New Jersey does not take applications directly. A resident instead contacts a weatherization agency serving their county, the state Department of Community Affairs states on its own public program page. The program prioritizes elderly and disabled residents. Citing 2019 American Community Survey data, New Jersey own state plan filing states 16.6% of the state population is elderly, 60 years and older, and 6.5% of the state population overall is disabled.
474 homes across 17 community organizations
New Jersey plans to weatherize 474 homes this program year, split across 17 subgrantee community organizations in 21 counties, according to New Jersey own filing to the Department of Energy. Each subgrantee gets a base award of 100,000 dollars, with the rest set by the number of individuals in poverty within its service area, a formula a request for proposals from July 2025 established. The largest award, 555,176 dollars for 42 homes, goes to La Casa de Don Pedro in Newark, and the smallest, 246,969 dollars for 18 homes, goes to 3 organizations tied at that amount.
New Jersey own 8,071,588 dollars matches the federal formula exactly
New Jersey states its total 2026 federal weatherization funding as 8,071,588 dollars in New Jersey own grant application to the Department of Energy, for the program year running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The federal formula notice that sets state allocations lists a separate Program Allocation of 6,123,550 dollars, a Training and Technical Assistance Allocation of 1,285,572 dollars, and a Weatherization Readiness Fund allocation of 662,466 dollars for New Jersey. Added together, those 3 federal figures equal 8,071,588 dollars exactly, matching New Jersey own claimed total to the dollar, a match visible only by reading both filings directly. Congress funded the program nationally through H.R. 6938, signed January 23, 2026, and a formula in title 10, part 440.10 of the Code of Federal Regulations sets each state share using population, climate, and how much residents already spend on energy.
These 3 figures add to 8,071,588 dollars, matching New Jersey own total in its grant application to the Department of Energy, source 1, exactly
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| Program allocation | 6,123,550 |
| Training and technical assistance | 1,285,572 |
| Weatherization readiness fund | 662,466 |
Why the readiness fund exists and what weatherization saves
The 662,466 dollar Weatherization Readiness Fund fixes problems that would otherwise stop a home from being weatherized at all. Reviewing deferrals from July 1, 2018 through March 31, 2022, New Jersey found it deferred more than 500 homes, 57% for income or an already efficient home, and most of the rest for major moisture and mold, roof leakage, electrical hazards, hoarding, or foundation damage. Nationally, the Department of Energy says the program reaches about 32,000 homes a year, supports 8,500 jobs, and a household that gets the work done saves 372 dollars or more a year on its energy bill.