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Home Energy Savings Program closed

Administered by the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation.

Newfoundland and Labrador's energy retrofit grant for low-income homeowners, up to $5,000 for work such as insulation and draft-proofing. It stopped taking applications on 15 June 2026, and since 1 October the same work is paid through the Home Repair Program instead.

source · verified 27 September 2026

What it pays

What it paid
UpgradeConditionUp to
Energy retrofitA single, row or semi-detached home; work identified by an NLHC energy evaluation before and confirmed after, such as basement and attic insulation and draft-proofing$5,000

Condominium owners were not eligible. Applications received before 15 June 2026 are still being processed.

Who is eligible

Who it was for

  • Homeowners with an annual income of $42,500 or less, or $65,000 in Labrador
  • The home had to be your primary residence
  • Oil- or electrically heated homes sent a year of bills as proof of consumption

The thing most pages get wrong

Three official pages still disagree about a programme that no longer takes applications. NLHC's page offers "a grant up to $5,000" and says to check back in the fall; the province's climate change page still says it is for electrically heated homes with incomes under $32,500; takeCHARGE lists it for homes using 15,000 kWh a year. NLHC's May 2026 notice settled it: the Home Energy Savings Program and the Home Repair Program are combined from the fall of 2026.

Where the money went

The Home Repair Program has taken applications since 1 October 2026 and counts energy efficiency as an eligible repair: a forgivable loan of up to $10,000, or $13,000 in Labrador, for incomes under $42,500 ($65,000 in Labrador). For homes heated by electricity, takeCHARGE still pays insulation and air sealing rebates at any income.