What Is The LA FLEX Scheme?
Local Authorities LA FLEX Funding Scheme
LA FLEX is the extension of the UK government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme that helps UK households reduce their energy bills and carbon footprint. The qualifying criteria is set out by your Local Authority, helping to increase the number of properties that can benefit from heating and insulation grants.
As the qualifying criteria is defined by your Local Authority, this has allowed local councils to extend the criteria beyond household income and benefits received. Subsequently, more homeowners that are pregnant, with growing families or older occupants can get access to energy efficiency measures via the LA FLEX scheme.
What are the Eligibility Criteria for LA Flex and ECO4?
The Benefits Of LA Flex Funding
LA Flex is an acronym for “Local Authority Eligibility Flexibility”. This programme is designed to help homeowners who are not currently receiving any type of aid but are still grappling with a tight budget. Eco Assist NW are approved by this scheme and can provide you with massively reduced rates if the loft & cavity wall insulation within your home needs to be upgraded. Here are some of the benefits to enjoy:
• Your heating bills could be reduced by hundreds of pounds each year.
• Your home will be much more environmentally friendly; helping the local environment.
• Rooms can remain warm in the winter and pleasantly cool in the summer.
• Issues such as humidity, mould and draughts will finally be eliminated.
• The value of your home will increase as a result.
Am I Eligible?
See If You Meet The Criteria Today
Good news for the householder and in many cases, criteria has been extended beyond just income. Benefits received or type of heating to include illnesses, pregnancy, number of children or age of occupant. This depends on your council’s statement of intent, the surveyor will assist you in filling in your council’s application form and assessing your eligibility to see if you would qualify
When you book a free survey on your home’s energy efficiency with Eco Assist, our highly qualified surveyors will assist you in completing your council’s LA FLEX application form and assessing your eligibility.
You can get:
On a Low Income? Read on...
With LA Flex it’s targeted towards those on low income but not on benefits and those in situations in life where living in a cold home could make things worse. This would include the elderly, pregnant women or those with a young child (under 5) and those with medical conditions that are worsened by cold environments.
Most local authorities would class ‘Low Income’ households as those with less than £27,000 as their total household income per year, but these figures do fluctuate in areas, particularly where the cost of living is higher than average. You must be a “Low Income Household” and meet one of the criteria which results in you being affection negatively by living in a cold household to be entitled to LA Flex Funding.
Task 1: call Us Today
Make a quick 5 minute phone call with a member of our team to discuss your application and eligibilty criteria - 0330 043 2218
Task 2: Book Your Free Survey
On initial qualification, we will arrange for a free home survey to be carried out to determine which free upgrades can be made available to you
Task 3: Improvements Installed
Following your home survey, we will then arrange for the installation of your insulation upgrades to be carried out