Housing associations ask ministers to reopen £400 energy bill support scheme

More than 30 of Britain’s largest housing associations have called on ministers to give a second chance to 750,000 households that missed out on government support for energy bills worth a total of £300m.
In a letter to ministers, seen by the Guardian, 34 housing associations called for the government to reopen a scheme that aimed to offer support payments of £400 to almost one million households without an energy supplier. Most homes in Britain received the support payment automatically via a discount on their energy bills, but people living in places such as care homes, narrowboats and park homes failed to receive it because they do not pay bills directly to an energy supplier. The housing associations, which provide homes to a total of 1.5 million people, warned that only 16% of eligible households made their claim before the 31 May deadline. They have called for a new deadline of 31 December. The letter to Amanda Solloway MP, the minister for energy consumers, and Lord Callanan, the minister for energy efficiency, was signed by housing associations including Clarion, Places for People, L&Q, Peabody and Riverside.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/13/housing-associations-ask-ministers-reopen-energy-bill-scheme

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