LIHEAP aid application begins November 1

Oct. 23-- Oct. 23--Limited financial heating assistance will be available to income-eligible utility customers next month through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), according to members of the Iowa Utilities Board.

The annual application period runs from Nov. 1 through April 30. The application period for homes with elderly or disabled residents began Oct. 1.

The LIHEAP program is designed to help low-income homeowners and renters pay a portion of their primary home heating costs through a one-time payment made directly to the utility or heating fuel vendor.

Under LIHEAP or the weatherization assistance program, Iowa law protects qualified applicants who are the head of a household from being disconnected from natural gas or electric service from Nov. 1 through April 1.

Although qualified applicants cannot be disconnected during the annual winter moratorium, the Iowa Utilities Board urges all LIHEAP-certified customers to continue paying toward their energy bills through the winter to avoid accumulating high debt and facing potential utility service disconnection in the spring.

Source: INACTIVE-Tribune Regional
(October 23, 2019 - 10:49 PM EDT)

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