Dimming the Lights: Eliminating Energy Assistance Would Move 200,000 People into Poverty, Hurting the Rural Poor the Most

Dimming the Lights: Eliminating Energy Assistance Would Move 200,000 People into Poverty, Hurting the Rural Poor the Most

We estimated the poverty effects of President Trump’s March 2017 proposal to eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, that helps low income households pay their utility bills and keep the heat on in the winter. We found that eliminating LIHEAP would move more than 200,000 people into poverty, hurting the rural poor the most.

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Suggested Citation:

Laird, Jennifer, Jessica Pac, and Christopher Wimer. 2017. Dimming the lights: Eliminating energy assistance would move 200,000 people into poverty, hurting the rural poor the most. Poverty and Social Policy Brief, vol. 1, no. 1. New York: Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University.

Published on May 04, 2017