The UK Government has launched a 'Help for Households' campaign which explains the different schemes available to help with the cost of living.
If you have a household income of less than £30,000 a year, and live in Devon or Torbay, you may be eligible for free energy efficiency improvements to your home worth thousands of pounds.
Having already paid £3 million to 20,000 households as part of the £150 Council Tax Rebate Scheme over the past month, the Executive at South Hams District Council met today, Thursday 26 May, to approve an additional scheme to distribute a Discretionary Council Tax Rebate.
Just over 9,000 households who live in Council Tax bands A to D and who paid by Direct Debit on 1 April have now been paid their £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate by South Hams District Council.
A Council-backed low interest-rate lending scheme can help local home owners to make essential repairs and efficiency improvements to their home.
An innovative new pilot scheme to help local people to get on the housing ladder and boost the number of homes available at an affordable rent will launch on 1 April 2022.