With support from the Fund, reporter Emmett Gartner dug into the case of an elderly couple in Maine who couldn’t get help from a state program that funds electric heating for low-income people living in mobile homes. He collected court documents, and he interviewed participants of the low-income mobile home heating program and oversight officials. The couple finally has working heat, and the quasi-state agency no longer provides rebates for the type of heat pump that malfunctioned and has also adjusted its requirements around how residents qualify for rebates.
Grantee reporting documents problems with Maine program that provides heat for low-income residents of mobile homes
