The coldest days of winter likely still lay ahead, but modest-income residents, hoping to receive one-time federal help to pay their heating bills, are out of luck at least for now, according to local and state officials.
That is because Georgia has already used up in less than a month the $18 million the U.S. Congress allocated to the state through the federal Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (L.I.H.E.A.P.). Congress will have to pass a new resolution before the end of the year, to allocate additional funds, to help more people cover the costs of keeping their homes warm this winter.
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