Nathan Bevan
BBC Information, South East
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Families claiming sure advantages and in energy-efficient houses are eligible (inventory picture)
Masses of families in West Sussex have benefited from money grants to lend a hand with the price of dwelling.
Adur & Worthing Councils stated they’d written to greater than 600 families claiming Housing Get advantages or Council Tax Toughen and dwelling in energy-efficient houses, to supply £150 in opposition to expenses and very important pieces.
Thus far, greater than 400 families have effectively carried out for the grant, which used to be paid without delay into financial institution accounts ultimate week, the government stated.
Adur councillor Sharon Sluman stated “leading edge database era” were used to “goal improve to probably the most maximum prone participants of our group”.
The cash for the grants comes from the federal government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The councils stated it used to be the second one time caseworkers had contacted citizens without delay to supply focused monetary improve.
Remaining 12 months, they wrote to 200 families not receiving the Iciness Gas Fee because of falling simply out of doors the eligibility standards, to supply £200 value of grocery store vouchers.
Ms Sluman, Adur’s cupboard member for communities and wellbeing, stated: “We all know many of us are already suffering with family expenses – one thing that can simplest building up with the calories value cap upward thrust in April.
“By means of the usage of our leading edge database era we have now been ready to focus on improve to probably the most maximum prone participants of our group.”
Councillor Dom Ford, Worthing’s cupboard member for communities, tradition and recreational, stated the council used to be in “common touch with citizens to signpost them to schemes that reinforce calories potency in the house or organisations that lend a hand stay them heat and cut back their calories expenses”.
