PORTLAND, Maine — The Trump administration is once again calling for the complete elimination of a heating assistance program that helps to keep the homes of low-income families warm. “These arguments are very misleading and wrong,” said Mark Wolfe, director of the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association in Washington, D.C. The program, known as LIHEAP — Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program — helps families pay their heating bills primarily in the form of a grant that’s sent directly to utility companies or heating fuel vendors. The family received about $1,000 in heating assistance this winter, and that money is already gone. A group of 45 senators asked the president to maintain energy assistance and weatherization assistance programs.

Source: National Post February 18, 2018 15:11 UTC