‘I Tried to Make My Home Energy Efficient and It’s Ruining My Life’ – ‘The next subprime crisis’
By: Marc Morano - Climate DepotDecember 26, 2017 8:04 AM
ByDavid Dayne illustrated byPedro D’Apremont
Dec 19 2017, 4:30pm
People across America are pitched what seems like a win-win: make your house more climate-friendly for little or no money down. Advocates say it’s a nightmare.
Leonard McBean had been told for months that his south Los Angeles home was a firetrap. Decades-old wiring had never been replaced, a common situation in his low-income neighborhood. One Tuesday morning, McBean asked a friend about the electrical contractor working on their house. By Wednesday night, the same contractor—a man who gave his name as Yogi—had approved the Jamaican immigrant for $18,000 in energy-efficient improvements.
http://www.climatedepot.com/2017/12/26/i-tried-to-make-my-home-energy-efficient-and-its-ruining-my-life-the-next-subprime-crisis/
