The following update was provided by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities and is shared here with their permission:
As you may know, federal LIHEAP staff have been laid off [Note: this happened in April 2025]. LIHEAP funding is subject to congressional appropriating funds. The President’s budget has zeroed out the LIHEAP program, but as you may know, the House and Senate have released their budgets and both have funding for LIHEAP.
There may be a delay in local action agencies (LAAs) if there is a delay in funding as they will be unable to hire staff until Congress passes a budget, or an interim budget prior to the start of the federal fiscal year.
If there is a federal shut down due to a budget not being passed that will further delay processing of applications.
The EOHLC will have some carry over funds that we will contract out to the LAAs so they will be able to deal with emergencies.
The start of the heating season does not change. It begins on November 1.
