17-05-2025
How many weeks away next £200 cost of living payments are from entering accounts?
Households have been told how long they'll to wait for the next round of cost of living payments.
Amidst the cost of living crisis, local authorities have been handing out such payments to support households struggling financially.
The payments are intended to help households for basic things such as food, water and energy.
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These are funded by the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) via its Household Support Fund (HSF).
Slices of HSF money is handed out to councils across the country during different rounds.
Among the councils making available cost of living payments is Birmingham City Council.
The payments from Birmingham council are known as hardship grants and are only available to residents dwelling in the city.
Although applications for grants closed on March 31 in line with the ending of the last round of the HSF, households have been told the cost of living payments will be made available again soon.
The local authority has declared that enquiries for hardship grants are expected to open in June.
That means households could start applying for payments in less than three week's time.
The Birmingham grants scheme is also run in partnership with the Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC).
A BVSC spokesperson said: "The Household Support Fund, provided by the Department for Work and Pensions, is a fixed amount of money available to the Local Authority to be used to support those households in most need, with essentials such as food, energy and essential goods and supplies including water."
In order to be eligible for the £200 payments, households must: be a Birmingham resident, demonstrate they're experiencing financial hardship and not have received a previous payment in the past 12 months.
A spokesperson added: "Enquiries are expected to reopen in June 2025."
