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Home heating costs this winter will remain unaffordable for millions of lower income families. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), representing the state directors of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), today released its projections of home heating costs for the upcoming winter heating season. Prices for home heating this winter on …
The latest quarterly analysis by NEADA shows the extent to which the combination of high energy costs, high temperatures, and reduced federal support is setting millions of families back financially.
Summer Shutoff Protections and Bill Support Fail to Adapt to a Warming World State shut-off rules to help families stay connected to cooling during periods of extreme temperatures have not kept pace with the realities of climate change. Many were written decades ago when in many parts of the country dangerous temperatures were limited to …
For FY 2025, NEADA requests $6.0 billion for LIHEAP and $1 billion for the program’s contingency fund, for a total of $7 billion.
While the average cost of home heating dropped by 12.1% since last winter, from $951 to $836 the percent of all families that were unable to pay their home energy bill at least once in the last 12 months increased significantly from 16.5% in March 2023 to 19.2% in March 2024. For families with young …
States Call for Congress to Restore Funding for LIHEAP Record # of Households Receive Assistance – 1.5 Million Could be Cut from the Program Residential Utility Arrearages Reach Record Level
On behalf of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), we are writing to request that Congress accept the Administration’s recent request for an additional $1.6 billion in supplemental funding for fiscal year 24 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), in addition to the program’s base funding of $4 billion to address …
On behalf of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), we are writing to request that the Congress provide $6 billion in the FY 2024 appropriation for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), maintaining the 2023 total appropriation, to address continuing high prices for all home heating and cooling fuels.
Prices decline for households using natural gas, but electricity and delivered fuel prices are up.
