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KC neighbors work to help family that lost their home in a fire Christmas morning
A hearth turned the most fantastic time of the yr into one of the worst for a Northeast Kansas Metropolis relatives.The Mendoza family’s residence at Lawndale and Saida caught fire Christmas early morning, burning their property of four several years and leaving them with almost nothing.On Monday, Allison Mendoza observed her residence for the first time considering the fact that the fireplace. “It felt sad,” Stated the 16-year-previous, “observing my house like this. You never count on this – like, ‘hey, your dwelling is on fire’ – you under no circumstances expect one thing like that to come about at all.”The Mendoza relatives Christmas and their entire dwelling went up…
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How new US tax credits, rebates will work for clean energy home upgrades
US President Joe Biden signed the big climate bill – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – earlier this week. Electrek spoke with Dan Gayer, JD, CPA, a senior manager in the tax practice at Baker Newman Noyes, about how homeowners can claim tax credits and rebates as they work to achieve energy efficiency and lower their energy bills. Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit Changes to the former Nonbusiness Energy Property credit, now renamed the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit, will take effect on January 1, 2023. The old credit was worth 10% of the costs of installing insulation, windows, doors, roofing, and other energy-saving improvements. The old $500 lifetime limitation…
