The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1. It became the longest shutdown in history on Nov. 5 at 36 days.

As food-centric holidays inch closer, the federal government’s suspension of SNAP has been a hot topic of conversation in the newscycle. Recently, a judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP for November.

But as high temperatures in the Portland-metro barely reach the mid-60s, thousands of Oregonians face a heatless winter for as long as the shutdown persists.

In Oregon and across the country, low-income families rely on money from a federally funded program to help pay for heating and cooling their homes.

Nearly 70,000 homes in Oregon benefited from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in 2024.

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