New York’s HEAP heating aid is open for low- and middle-income households
New York's HEAP heating aid opened to applicants Nov. 2. Most SNAP and public assistance households get it automatically; others can apply at ny.gov/HEAP.
New York’s HEAP heating aid is open for low- and middle-income households
New York's HEAP heating aid opened to applicants Nov. 2. Most SNAP and public assistance households get it automatically; others can apply at ny.gov/HEAP.
New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program, known as HEAP, opened to applicants on Monday, Nov. 2, giving low- and middle-income households up to $1,086 toward their heating bills as fuel and utility costs climb heading into winter, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office announced.
State officials expect to issue about as many benefits this winter as last heating season, when more than 1.5 million HEAP benefits went out statewide. Households in New York City accounted for 927,691 of them, the largest share of any region in the state.
Households that received HEAP benefits last heating season, by region. New York City accounted for 59 percent. Chart: Bushwick Daily; data: Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul
Most households will not have to fill out anything. More than 1.1 million low- and middle-income households and seniors enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Public Assistance receive HEAP automatically, with the state’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance preparing those payments in advance so they could be issued quickly once the program opened. Households that do not qualify for an automatic payment have been able to apply since November 2, and state officials estimate hundreds of thousands of additional households will apply.
Benefit amounts vary by income, household size, heating source and whether a household includes a vulnerable member. A family of four…
