The council’s plans to help people in Merthyr Tydfil deal with the cost of living crisis have been approved. A report approved by full council on Wednesday, July 6, explains the payments that the council is set to make to residents.
Welsh Government has awarded £4.17m to the council for the Cost of Living Support Scheme, including £3.58m for the main scheme and £589,753 for the discretionary one. The report said there were estimated to be 23,673 properties within Merthyr Tydfil that were eligible for the main Cost of Living Support Scheme payment which totals £3.55m and the discretionary scheme is estimated to cost £527,500.
Any surplus can be reused by the council within the discretionary fund and any surplus funds from the discretionary scheme will go to the food bank, the report said. Under the main scheme, £150 can be paid to a household if it was receiving support through the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) on February 15, 2022.
