Brighton and Hove warm home project helps woman save £5,000

7:30am Tuesday 12th February 2013 in News

A householder is £5,000 a year better off thanks to a scheme to help people stay warm in their homes.

The Warm Homes Healthy People programme is jointly run by Brighton and Hove City Council, the NHS and voluntary and community groups.

For one woman, the local authority claimed a visit from an advisor changed her life.

The local authority would not reveal her real name, calling her just Julie.

She was stressed with bills and financial worries until the advisor spotted she was claiming less in disability benefits than she was entitled to.

The adviser helped Julie to claim these and gave her advice on cheaper ways of paying her fuel bills and support to manage her debts.

Stephanie Powell, deputy chairman of the council’s housing committee, said: “The Warm Homes Healthy People programme offers eligible people a combination of cash, practical help in the home and expert advice that can make an incredible difference.”

The Warm Homes Healthy People programme runs until the end of March.

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Comments(4)

saraman says...
7:44am Tue 12 Feb 13

Saved £5,000, what did they do, put a roof on her house?

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mark by the sea says...
7:54am Tue 12 Feb 13

saraman wrote:
Saved £5,000, what did they do, put a roof on her house?
No they pointed out the person was not getting the right benefit. Which was probably a care allowance, so draughts excluder ... And hey presto 5k headline!

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getThisCoalitionOut says...
1:02pm Tue 12 Feb 13

Finding out what you're entitled to is a complete minefield, so it's not surprising that so many are not getting what they should be getting.

Government depts should look into a persons circumstances when they become aware of them for one benefit - they certainly take enough information from anyone when you apply for anything AND it shouldn't be so difficult to make a claim - especially council tax benefit.

So many people are missing out - especially pensioners and those with mental health problems, something needs to be done to help people.

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wippasnapper says...
12:08pm Wed 13 Feb 13

Well if the council where to visit most of there council housing stock they may be able to help them save money apart from those that suffer with “Damp – Condensation” these tenants are advised to open there windows and have there heating on witch any idiot will inform you is ridiculous because all your heating go’s out of the open windows, secondly there are many tenants still living in council accommodation where by there doors let in the cold ear or the windows that are double glazed but put you hand close to them and your feel a breeze coming through them, so I wonder what out city council has to say about that! Maybe the Argues would like to see some of the so called “Damp – Condensation” council housing stock whereby the tenants have suffered for many years with cold drafts coming through there windows day and night to keep the mold at bay!

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