Burgenländer in 2024: Heating cost protection remains!

Burgenländer in 2024: Heating cost protection remains!

Burgenland, Österreich - The Burgenländer can breathe a sigh of relief: the Heat price lid remains in 2024! Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) announced that the support for households is extended with increasing heating costs. So far, the government has approved around 9.78 million euros to ensure that people in Burgenland can afford heating even in difficult times. This grant is staggered according to the net annual income, which means that households only have to apply a fixed share of their income for heating costs at certain income limits.

The heat price lid stipulates that households with an income up to 33,000 euros only pay 4 percent of their annual income for heating costs, while with income up to 43,000 euros 5 percent and up to 63,000 euros 6 percent are due. The government also assumes any additional costs that exceed 90 percent of the previous year's consumption in order to create incentives to save energy. This is particularly important because increasing heating costs threaten, heated by global conflicts, such as those in the Middle East, such as New time . Doskozil emphasizes that this security mechanism should give citizens certainty.

social staggering and criticism of the federal government

With the social staggering of the heating cost subsidy, the Burgenland government also steps in where the federal government failed to intervene in the energy and housing markets in time to combat inflation. SPÖ club chairman Roland Fürst criticizes the federal government for its lack of action in this important matter. In a recent survey, 64 percent of Burgenlanders confirm that they find the heat price lid helpful. At the same time, the topic of inflation with 40 percent remains at the top of the urgent concern of the population.