SAGINAW, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The city of Saginaw is sorting through hundreds of applications for free furnaces after Saturday’s deadline to apply came and went.

Several hundred Saginaw residents hope they will be chosen as one of about 170 households to receive a free furnace, through the home rehabilitation program. The $3.8 million in funds come from a grant from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Organizers said not everyone is guaranteed to get one of these furnaces, but they hope to help as many people as they can.

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After reviewing applications, inspectors will visit those homes.

That application process is now closed, but residents are already looking ahead to the spring and summer when more grant money will be used to pay for windows and roofs.