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Add energy improvements to a home loan

Qualified borrowers buying, refinancing or improving an energy-efficient home may get mortgage financing that must be repaid.

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What you can get

Mortgage financing that must be repaid

Who it's for

Qualified borrowers buying, refinancing or improving an energy-efficient home

What you need to know

  • The lender checks credit, the home and the loan.
  • An energy assessment may be needed to support improvement costs.

Your next step

  1. Ask a participating lender about an energy-efficient mortgage.
  2. Review the full loan cost and assessment requirements.
Go to program website

You will go to the program's own website.

More details and sources

Full program information

Official program name: Energy Efficient Mortgage

Benefits and limits

Lending

Full requirements

For qualified borrowers purchasing or refinancing an energy-efficient home, or financing eligible energy improvements through a participating mortgage lender. The lender determines credit, property and loan eligibility; program rules differ among FHA, VA and conventional products. An energy assessment or rating is generally used to support the energy savings and eligible improvement costs. This is mortgage financing that must be repaid, not a homeowner cash grant.

Read the program's requirements Checked Oct 30, 2026

Key requirements, not complete provider checklist. Final eligibility, address and funding decisions belong to the provider.

Amounts and options

Listed benefit

Lending

Eligibility is not stated in the finder listing; confirm the provider's requirements.

Found for the DHS area; check your address and requirements.

For: People and families

Areas found for this option

Adelanto, Anza, Apple Valley, Banning, Barstow, Beaumont, Bermuda Dunes, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Blythe, Cabazon, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Cherry Valley, Chino, Chino Hills, Coachella, Colton, Corona, Desert Edge, Desert Hot Springs, Desert Palms, Eastvale, Fontana, Garnet, Grand Terrace, Hemet, Hesperia, Highland, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, Indian Wells, Indio, Indio Hills, Joshua Tree, Jurupa Valley, La Quinta, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Elsinore, Loma Linda, Mecca, Menifee, Montclair, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Needles, Norco, North Shore, Oasis, Ontario, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Mirage, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Sky Valley, Temecula, Thermal, Thousand Palms, Twentynine Palms, Upland, Victorville, Vista Santa Rosa, Whitewater, Wildomar, Yucaipa, Yucca Valley

Availability and area

Provider availability not verified

Listed in the finder; current funding, enrollment and applicant eligibility require provider confirmation.

This program was found while researching help in the Desert Hot Springs area. The program must confirm the address and applicant qualify.

Areas listed in the source

Adelanto, Anza, Apple Valley, Banning, Barstow, Beaumont, Bermuda Dunes, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Blythe, Cabazon, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Cherry Valley, Chino, Chino Hills, Coachella, Colton, Corona, Desert Edge, Desert Hot Springs, Desert Palms, Eastvale, Fontana, Garnet, Grand Terrace, Hemet, Hesperia, Highland, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, Indian Wells, Indio, Indio Hills, Joshua Tree, Jurupa Valley, La Quinta, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Elsinore, Loma Linda, Mecca, Menifee, Montclair, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Needles, Norco, North Shore, Oasis, Ontario, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Mirage, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Sky Valley, Temecula, Thermal, Thousand Palms, Twentynine Palms, Upland, Victorville, Vista Santa Rosa, Whitewater, Wildomar, Yucaipa, Yucca Valley

Where this information comes from

IREN incentive finder

Information collected Oct 30, 2026.

DHSed is an independent guide. The program makes the final decision about help, amounts and rules.