Biden to Distribute Additional $4.5 Billion to Help Low-Income Families Cover Heating Costs After He Blew Up US Energy Prices

The Biden Regime will distribute an additional $4.5 billion to help “low-income” families cover heating costs.

It costs Americans a lot more money to keep their homes heated this winter thanks to Joe Biden.

Electricity and natural gas prices are 11% higher than last year and residential heating oil costs are up more than 40% since last year.

The White House also announced commitments from utility companies to guarantee they won’t shut off gas to people seeking help from the government.

ABC News reported:

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.

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