Louisiana Heating Assistance: LIHEAP
Louisiana Housing Corporation runs the federal heating grant in Louisiana. Applications run December 15 to March 31. Louisiana Housing Corporation takes applications online and local parish agency.
Heating assistance in Louisiana, in one screen
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- Run by
- Louisiana Housing Corporation
- The season
- Applications run December 15 to March 31.
- The income test
- The test is 60 percent of the estimated state median income, printed by household size for 2026 and starting at $30,618 a year for a household of one, measured against the state median income, so the qualifying figure moves with what households in that state actually earn.
- How to apply
- Louisiana Housing Corporation takes applications online and local parish agency.
- By phone
- 225-763-8700
Applicant may only receive one LIHEAP benefit each season. Heating: December 15 – March 31 Cooling: April 13 – September 30 Crisis: October 1 - September 30Energy Assistance, Louisiana Housing Corporation, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
The Corporation describes three kinds of help under one program: heating or cooling bill payment, crisis bill payment, and repair or replacement of heating and cooling equipment. A household may take only one benefit per season, and the Corporation prints no dollar figure for what a benefit is worth.
The LIHEAP income test in Louisiana
The test is 60 percent of the estimated state median income, printed by household size for 2026 and starting at $30,618 a year for a household of one, measured against the state median income, so the qualifying figure moves with what households in that state actually earn.
Income is counted gross rather than after tax, and the household is everyone living at the address rather than everyone on the lease. Most states count the last thirty days or the last twelve months, not last year’s tax return, which means a household whose hours were cut in October can qualify in November on a year that looks too high on paper. Apply and let the agency do the arithmetic rather than ruling yourself out.
2026 LIHEAP 60% ESTIMATED STATE MEDIAN INCOME LEVELSEnergy Assistance, Louisiana Housing Corporation, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
The crisis route in Louisiana
A separate crisis benefit runs all year, October 1 through September 30, for a household holding a shutoff or pending shutoff notice, and it is taken by appointment at the parish agency rather than through the online portal.
A crisis application and a regular one are different transactions on different clocks. A household with a disconnection notice, an empty tank or a dead furnace should start with this one, say plainly on the call what the emergency is, and have the notice or the delivery ticket to hand.
Disconnect or Pending Disconnection notice (if you received a shut-off notice from your energy company) (applicable to Crisis Assistance only)Energy Assistance, Louisiana Housing Corporation, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Whether Louisiana also stops the utility disconnecting
At or below 32F
The two are separate: a heating grant is money and a shutoff rule is a restriction on the company. In several states an approved grant application is itself what satisfies the filing the shutoff rule asks for, which makes applying worth doing even for a household that thinks the grant will not cover much. The full rule, with Louisiana Public Service Commission’s own words, is on the Louisiana winter shutoff page.
Making the house cheaper to heat in Louisiana
Louisiana runs Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). It pays for the insulation and the air sealing rather than the bill, which is the only part of this that lowers next winter as well as this one.
The Louisiana Housing Corporation offers weatherization services to create energy-efficient and comfortable living spaces for Louisiana homeowners.Louisiana Housing Corporation, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
In most states a household approved for the heating grant is automatically income eligible for weatherization, so the same paperwork does both. The waiting list is usually long and the work is usually free, which is a combination worth joining early rather than in the week it is needed.
Louisiana heating assistance questions
Heating assistance in other states
Louisiana read September 23, 2026 from Energy Assistance, Louisiana Housing Corporation, linked above. Opening dates, income limits and benefit amounts are set each program year and the agency can change them mid season, so the page linked above is the one that governs. Every state is on the heating assistance hub.