White House highlights effort to cover winter heating bills

[Elderberry]

ABC News by ASHRAF KHALIL 1/7/2022

The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the largest share

The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the largest share, according to a state-by-state breakdown released Friday.

The funding boost — part of last year’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan coronavirus relief package — more than doubled the normal funding level of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. These funds represent the largest appropriation in a single year since the program was established in 1981.

The Associated Press obtained an advance copy of the state allocation breakdown, which shows a clear prioritization of cold-weather states with higher heating costs. For example, Minnesota received nearly $274 million in home energy assistance for needy residents. Meanwhile, Texas, which has a population five times larger, received just $10 million more. New York state, with a population of less than 20 million people compared with Texas' 29 million, received just under $876 million.

More: https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/white-house-highlights-effort-cover-winter-heating-bills-82130578

[Kamaji]

Wouldn't be necessary if we weren't pursuing political policies that jack up the cost of energy unnecessarily.

[LMAO]

Typical

Government creates a problem and then sets itself up as a solution for a problem they created

[GtHawk]

Considering the current administration, I wonder if this will be another Whites need not apply situation.

[mountaineer]

All they have to do is lift restrictions on the production of coal, oil and natural gas. Presto.

[rustynail]

Give me my Biden BTU Bucks.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Let the states handle this themselves without fed interference as the feds will simply send money to blue states at the expense of red states.

If one lives in a cold state, one must recognize one is responsible for that. 

When was the last time the feds subsidized Florida residents for AC costs during the summer?  They have deaths of the elderly during the summer from heat.

[DefiantMassRINO]

How about making winter heat more affordable for everyone by increasing the capacity of our energy infrastructure and increase our energy supply?

If the government has to pay for my food, pay for my heat, pay for my healthcare, pay my rent, pay for my education, and pay for my skills training - isn't this a sign of a system that is failing working Americans?