It is granted for the full coverage or part of the expenses related to heating the home during the cold season.

Types of aid:

- aid for heating the home with thermal energy;

- aid for heating the home with natural gas;

- aid for heating the home with electricity;

- aid for heating the home with solid or petroleum fuels.

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Beneficiaries:

Families and single persons who meet the following conditions:

- actually live at the address for which they apply for this aid, are registered in the property record, and are considered when establishing the maintenance expenses of the home;

- have an income of up to 1386 lei per family member in the case of a family, or 2053 lei in the case of a single person;

- do not own goods included in the List of assets that lead to the exclusion from granting social aid;

- have the status of aid holder, status which is found in the following situations:

· owner of the home;

· legal successor of the owner of the home;

· person who has transferred the home through a sale-purchase contract with maintenance clauses or with right of habitation;

· holder of a rental, commodate, or concession contract;

· another adult family member authorized by the owner of the home or by the contract holder of the rental agreement;

· legal representative of the single person who does not have legal capacity (persons under interdiction, etc.)

Granting the right

The aid for heating the home is granted based on an application-declaration on personal responsibility, accompanied by supporting documents regarding the family composition, incomes obtained in the month prior to filing the application by its members, and owned assets, including in other administrative-territorial units. When determining the family's or, as the case may be, single person's monthly net income, all incomes obtained are considered, including those from state social insurance rights, unemployment insurance, allowances, allocations, and permanent aid, regardless of the budget from which they are supported, legal maintenance obligations, and other legal claims, except for the amounts provided under Art.8 para.1 of Law 416/2001 on minimum guaranteed income.

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Required documents:
- copies of the identity documents of all family members;

- copy of documents attesting the status of heating aid holder (property deed, rental contract, legal authorization, etc.);

- copies of the vehicle registration certificates for owned cars (where applicable);
- supporting documents regarding incomes obtained in the month prior to filing the application (salary certificate stating YES/NO meal vouchers, vacation vouchers, pension slips, unemployment slips, etc.); for persons who have no incomes or whose amounts cannot be proven otherwise, a notarized declaration will be submitted in this sense;

- certificate issued by the owners/tenants association regarding the number and names of people actually living at the address for which heating aid is requested (for applicants submitting the application individually);
- copy of the last natural gas/electricity bill (for those requesting heating aid with gas or electricity).

The submission of application-declarations is done only once at the beginning of the season. A holder is legally entitled to only one heating aid, depending on the type of home heating (thermal energy, natural gas, electricity, solid or petroleum fuels). In the situation where families and single persons meet the conditions for granting heating aid during the cold season, the right to heating aid is established starting from the month of submitting the application, if it is submitted by the 20th of the month. Single persons and families who own assets included in the list leading to the exclusion from heating aid, provided in Annex no.4 to HG 559/2017, are NOT entitled to heating aid.