A hardship fund for people struggling to pay their home heating bills in the dcsdcouncil area has been approved but will not include gas customers, a councillor says
It is run on a referral basis - referrals can be made by any local support organisation, school, church or charity.
People can also refer themselves using an application form that will be available on the council's website when the scheme opens.The household earns a total income of less than £40,000The household is in debt with an energy providerA member of the household has recently become unemployedDerry Against Fuel Poverty's Sinead Quinn said they were devastated gas customers in the council area would not be able to benefit.
"We pushed hard for the establishment of this fund which was so important in the absence of an executive," Ms Quinn said. "Gas heating is the preferred home-heating system in new build social housing developments across Northern Ireland. "Derry Against Fuel Poverty remains committed to highlighting the struggle for those of us on low incomes, in and out of work, and will keep on fighting, whatever way we can."
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