Bridgewater landlords show no interest in energy program
The town launched a pilot program offering landlords incentives to make energy-efficient upgrades to their properties. So far, no one has opted in. As Giuliana Grillo reports, this may have to do with a lack of immediate financial gains for those landlords.
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