Collins secures wood pellet approval for FHA homes

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has changed guidelines to allow FHA-insured homes to use wood pellet heating systems as a conventional heating source, based on an initiative from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
Federal Housing Administration appraiser guidelines now allow wood pellet systems as an acceptable heating source for FHA-insured single-family properties, according to a press release from HUD. The announcement was made d ...