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Home Energy Assistance Programs

The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities offers energy programs to help eligible households with home heating. These programs may help with paying heating bills, repairing or replacing a heating system, making homes more energy efficient through weatherization and insulation.

Our Programs

HLC offers four programs to help with the cost of home heating:

Apply for help with winter heating bills (HEAP)  Middle Income Heating Oil Relief  Apply for help with heating system repair or replacement (HEARTWAP)  Apply for help with home insulation and weatherizing your home (WAP) 

How to Apply

You apply for all three programs (HEAP, HEARTWAP and WAP) with the HEAP program application. Applications for the one-time Middle-Income Heating Oil Relief will open in December 2026

Apply for Home Energy Assistance (HEAP)  Middle Income Heating Oil Relief 

More Information

The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), HEAP provides eligible households with help in paying a portion of winter heating bills.

Household size FY27 60% SMI Estimated Deliverable Benefit Estimated Utility Benefit 
1 $53,585 $870 - $1,450 $600 - $1,000 
2 $70,073 
3 $86,561 
4 $103,049 
5 $119,536 
6 $136,024 

The one-time Middle-Income Heating Oil Relief is available to heating oil customers who are otherwise not eligible for the HEAP program.

Household size Above 60% State Median Income (for fiscal 2027)100% State Median Income (for fiscal 2027)Estimated One-Time Emergency Benefit for Heating Oil 
1 $53,586 $89,308 Up to $680 
2 $70,074 $116,788 
3 $86,562 $144,268 
4 $103,050 $171,749 
5 $119,537 $199,227 
6 $136,025 

$226,707 

Heating System Repair & Replacement Program (HEARTWAP) provides emergency heating system repair and replacement services to low-income households.

Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, WAP provides eligible households with full-scale home energy conservation services to help reduce your overall energy bills.

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