MP for North East Hertfordshire, Sir Oliver Heald is supporting the contract agreed by Affinity Water and North Hertfordshire Homes to save households around £87 a year. This deal will last for six years and is a UK-first. It will secure discounted water bills for the 3,000 tenants who are eligible for Affinity Water’s ‘low income tariff’.
Households who pay water charges via North Hertfordshire Homes and receive Housing Benefit in April 2015 will get a discounted weekly water bill effective from April 1, 2015.
Commenting, Sir Oliver said, “I was delighted to meet the senior management of Affinity Water to discuss their agreement with North Hertfordshire Homes to offer discounted water bills to 3,000 tenants on lower incomes. I congratulate our water company and our biggest housing association on this imaginative innovation, which will help many of my constituents.”
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