Money Moral Dilemma: Should we pass on any of the £400 energy bill grant to our tenant?

pollypenny

Tell your tenant what you've said in the dilemma question. A small percentage would be appreciated, though. 

dirtmother

Consider what the government is providing this money for and pay him an equitable portion of it.

It sounds as though you need to consider carefully whether you are happy with all the other arrangements, as the notion of 'offsetting' no rent increase by not sharing the energy grant (which is not being provided to people for their home ownership or rental costs) suggests you are not. But that is a separate issue.

LP53

Yes it’s to help people pay their energy bills and I assume you’re not on the breadline yourselves and their rent is paying your Morgage or helping. They probably don’t have much if they’re having to private rent.
I agree you shouldn’t have to think about it really.

kingstreet

If you are passing on energy price increases to the tenant, the answer is obvious.

If you aren't, the opposite applies.

carinjo

Yes the tenant uses the energy, pays for the energy, deserves the saving

Leslefc

How i understand it is that you arnt getting the physical £400 it is going straight to the gas/electric company so he will benefit as his bill wont be as high

Nourse79

You say : " He also pays one quarter of the standing charges as he occupies one quarter of the property."
My first thought was give him £100 : a quarter of the energy bill grant. 

Ed264

I take it that your tenant pays in full for the energy used as recorded by the meter readings. Given that he pays a quarter of the standing charges, the fair answer in my opinion to your situation is to give him £100 (a quarter of the £400 energy bill grant).

It's interesting, indeed unusual, that his rent hasn't increased in seven years.

micadog

If you say they occupy a quarter of the house and pay for all they use then of course you should divide the £400 up.  I know a lot of people on here are saying put the rent up and yes you probably should. However if it were my tenant and they were always on time with the rent etc I might wait until maybe next year.  After (hopefully) all this financial nonsense has eased.  If it's still bad well, personally I would stick with the rent as it is and keep a good tenant.  

Lynn61

Really!!! What sort of person would even ask this?? They pay their part of the energy bill so why shouldn't they get some of the help offered by the government.