Students do not benefit from energy cost compensation
Residents of non-self-contained rooms in large complexes, usually students and elderly people, benefit little from the government measures to cushion rising energy prices. The government admits this in response to parliamentary questions from BoerBurgerBeweging.
For example, there will be an extra discount of 265 euros on the energy tax for homes and housing complexes, but those who do not have their own electricity connection within such a complex will benefit little or nothing from this.
No tailor-made solutions
To compensate for rising energy prices, the previous cabinet opted for generic measures. Tailor-made solutions were not possible in the short term anyway, according to the answers, and even in the longer term these would be difficult to implement, due to the large differences between the energy bills of households.
Therefore, the government has given the municipalities 150 million euros to support households living in “energy poverty”. In addition, low-income households will receive a one-off compensation of 200 euros for the increased energy bill. Whether students will be eligible for this will become clear from the bill, which the cabinet has yet to submit. (HOP, HC)
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