Submitted by DeelightfulDeeDee t3_xw9lde in personalfinance
Ok I want to keep it short and hopefully not too personally but I am more than happy to answer any and all questions needed.
I’m in my 20s disabled and live with an also disabled family member. We live in a council flat.
We each get PIP and Universal Credits. We get roughly £800-£900 a month.
We moved out a bit over a year ago and so our fixed tariff has ended meaning it has rocketed from £65 a month for electric and renters insurance, to about £300 a month, NOT fixed and no insurance.
This is apparently the cheapest tariff they offer.
We struggled to keep up with the 65 a month, and now I just don’t know what we are going to do. Being disabled we NEED electric, we need heating to stay warm (we haven’t even used it yet so who knows how much worse it will be)
The government issued money to help with electricity costs will only give us about £68 so barely anything. We don’t get any other help or support.
We have multiple allergies and can’t drive so food bank isn’t an option for us.
As it stands they have just continued the direct debit so are just taking the money regardless. I’ve spoken to the company but they were useless and were acting like it was our fault… Is there anything I can do? I’m really worried, because if we can’t afford to live here we have nowhere else to go. No family have space or suitable accommodation for us…
Any advice, knowledge or anything would be more than appreciated.