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That might involve paying her closing costs on a new home, or hiring and paying contractors for home improvements on her current property.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Also: If you want to claim any of the thousands of dollars in expiring federal tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements, you have until Dec. 31 to complete your upgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He added: "This is particularly important as we help people cope with the cost of living crisis, where team members can advise about things like home improvements or grants that residents may be eligible for."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Google separately announced plans for a $25 million fund “to scale and accelerate energy affordability initiatives” in the surrounding area, saying the money will go toward home improvements and energy workforce development.

From Barron's • Oct. 3, 2025

Some of the abbots took great interest in home improvements, planting woods, conducting streams, enlarging ponds—building, now a mill, now a dove-cot, according to the wants of the abbey or their own fancies.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various