Scope of Project Home

The Scope of Project Home
a local not-for profit

Project Home, a local not-for-profit, has been serving mostly low-income homeowners for 40 years. Our Weatherization Program has skilled crews that weatherize houses throughout the year for families in Dane and Green County. More than a thousand families each year increase their comfort and save money on their energy bills. Besides insulation, the Weatherization program replaces poorly functioning refrigerators, freezers, furnaces, hot water heaters, and install fans in bathrooms. Our minor and major home repair programs can do almost any repair you need including accessibility modifications like ramps and doorways, for no-cost or low-cost depending upon your income level.

Through our volunteer programs, Hammer with a Heart and Paint-a-thon, we provide free home repairs, and exterior painting to benefit low-income homeowners in Dane County.

Project Home launched The Housing Center in 2009 to provide free one-stop shopping on housing issues to benefit renters and homeowners.  We provide ten free basic home maintenance classes each year.  In 2011, Project Home partnered with GreenPath Debt Solutions to add free monthly First-Time Home Buyers Education classes. Whether you are a soon-to-be homeowner or one for 40 years, there are classes that can be helpful either financially or to save money on energy.  MG&E provides financial support to The Housing Center to keep these programs free of charge.

In addition, Project Home owns an affordable apartment complex, a facility for people with HIV/AIDS, and a program to help one lower-income family buy a renovated duplex for an income property. 

After many years of requests from the community, Project Home is now offering home weatherization improvements that serve everyone at all income levels for a fee. The profits from this Social Enterprise Weatherization Program will be reinvested into our non-profit services to benefit those who can not afford these improvements.

Check out our programs on the right side menu to see if you can benefit from our services.