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Warm Front

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How do you qualify?
 
Since April 2011, the Warm Front scheme is targeted at people on certain income-related benefits and living in properties that are poorly insulated and/or do not have a working central heating system. You must own your home or rent it from a private landlord.

The Warm Front scheme is only available in England. Other schemes are available in the rest of the UK.

Benefits and financial support

As at April 2011, eligible customers are all those awarded:

  • Pension Credit or;
  • income-related Employment and Support Allowance that includes a work-related activity or support component (this includes contribution based ESA customers in the support group who get an income related top up because they automatically qualify for the enhanced disability premium payable with income related ESA)
And those awarded:
  • Income Support or;
  • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, or;
  • income-related Employment and Support Allowance in the assessment phase (first 13 weeks of the claim)
Who must also have one of the following:
  • a pensioner premium. or;
  • a disability or severe disability premium, or;
  • an award of child tax credit that also includes an element for a disabled, or severely disabled child or young person, or;
  • a child under the age of five living with you

In addition to the qualifying benefits listed above, the property you live in must also be poorly insulated and/or not have a working central heating system.

At the application stage you will be asked some simple questions relating to the age, structure, heating and insulation of your property. This information will be used to decide if your application can continue.

If your application continues, you will then be visited by a Warm Front surveyor, who will measure the energy efficiency of your home using a Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP).
The surveyor will then make recommendations on which energy efficiency improvements are most appropriate for your property.

The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is the government's recommended system for measuring the energy rating of residential properties. To be eligible for Warm Front your home must have a SAP rating of 55 or below. This is equivalent to the start of a Band D Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

For more information go to the Warm Front website