The Biden administration is distributing $4.5 billion in federal assistance to help lower many Americans’ heating bills this winter as they brace for another season of sky-high energy costs.
The funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as
, stem from regular appropriations by Congress, additional emergency funding lawmakers included in September’s continuing resolution and $100 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law that passed last year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. funds are distributed to states, territories and tribes, which use the money to help people pay their home heating and cooling costs, settle arrears and make home energy repairs to lower their utility bills in the future. More than 5.3 million households were served this past year, according to the agency. However, more funds are needed, advocates said.
will not provide the states with sufficient flexibility to help families address higher prices due to the continuing instability in global energy markets, especially if it is a colder winter and the cost of home energy goes even higher,” he said. Higher costs for all types of home heat The cost of heating a home with natural gas this winter is expected to jump about 28%, on average, to $931, according to an Energy Information Administration report released last month.
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