BOSTON —

Home heating assistance is under threat for thousands of people in Massachusetts because of the federal government shutdown, Gov. Maura Healey warned Friday.

The Massachusetts Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) typically helps more than 150,000 households, representing more than 300,000 people every year, afford to heat their homes during the winter.

The federal funding will not be available starting Saturday for thousands of Massachusetts families because of the shutdown.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration has $13 million in federal HEAP funding remaining from last year that it will use to support households with a heating emergency in the short term while the shutdown continues.

Heating emergencies include not having any heat, receiving a termination notice from a utilit

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