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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Division 10 Service 415 Program 415 Chapters 05 - 65 North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services

Minor Repairs 415-50-05-10 (Revised 10/1/2021 ML #3625) View Archives

Minor energy related home repairs (cannot be an addition to the property) to a home or heating plant cannot be purchased through the basic LIHEAP heating assistance program. Therefore, emergency fuel assistance can be made available to an individual homeowner, or an eligible renter with verifiable responsibility for such costs, up to $400.00 per season (for exceptions, see 415-50-15), to replace damaged windows and doors or other home repairs, or to make minor repairs to the household's heating plant or chimney (other than normal maintenance -- see 415-20-05-10- 05), but only if these services cannot be provided through Weatherization Services administered by the Community Action Program. See 415-50-05- 15 for furnace replacement policy.

Emergency Furnace repairs:

The State Administrator may choose to delegate performance of services to the Division of Community Services that oversees local Community Action Agencies.

Community Action Agencies will do repairs when the heating system: 1. is not functional; or 2. poses a threat to the household’s health and safety. An electric rate reduction device may be installed as part of a minor repair that is completed by the Community Action Agency.

County Social Service Boards refer households who are eligible to the local Community Action Agency. Every household who is eligible for LIHEAP and is an individual homeowner or an eligible renter with verifiable responsibility for maintenance of their furnace may be eligible for Emergency furnace repair. Households may also take the approval letters from LIHEAP to the Community Action Agency.