Overview
- Regular Home Energy Assistance Program applications opened Monday after roughly a month-long pause tied to the federal government shutdown.
- Eligible households can receive up to $996 depending on heating type, with income, household size, heating source, and vulnerable members determining eligibility.
- Applications for emergency heating assistance will open on Jan. 2 for households facing fuel runouts or utility shutoffs.
- New York exhausted HEAP funds in late January last winter, and the program served more than 1.5 million households statewide, including nearly 1 million in New York City.
- HEAP is overseen by the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and administered in NYC by HRA, and Gov. Kathy Hochul said she urged the Trump administration to release $400 million in program funds.