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Emergency Heating Funds Cover Just 16% of Eligible Homes

HeadlineJan 17, 2008

The Bush administration has released $450 million in emergency money to help low-income families cover rising heating costs this winter. Despite the new funds, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program says it only has enough money to cover 16 percent of the 38 million eligible low-income households.

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