Subsidies for boilers will be more accessible, and people with lower incomes will reach them

Subsidies for the replacement of boilers for more environmentally friendly will be more accessible, newly reached households with lower income or seniors.Up to 95 percent will be able to obtain the amount required.The Liberec Region is now finding out what interests will be interested in subsidies, according to which the money will be obtained from the Operational Program Environment.Regional Councilor for Development Jiří Ulvr (Mayors for the Liberec Region) said it to CTK today.Those interested in the subsidy can apply by the end of the year to e-mail kotliky@kraj-lbc.cz or by telephone number 485 226 579.

Financial support will concern the replacement of old solid fuel boilers for a new ecological source in family houses.According to Ulvra, only the owner or co -owner of a family or apartment building, housing units or permanently inhabited recreational building that lives there may be asked for a subsidy.This year, the applicant's net income must not be higher than CZK 170,900 per member of the household, the household of pensioners or disabled pensioners does not have to prove income.The subsidies are designed to replace old solid fuel boilers, the gas boiler can get up to CZK 100,000, for a biomass boiler or a heat pump up to 130,000 crowns.

The Liberec Region has experience with the so -called cauldron subsidies, the first applications began to receive on 25 January 2016. In three rounds, the region received over 6000 applications, supporting the replacement of approximately 4460 boilers, which will divide almost 495 million crowns.So far, interested parties could get from 75,000 to 120,000 crowns, in areas with impaired air quality extra 7500 crowns.On average, subsidies were around 111,000 crowns.

The Liberec Region ended the receipt of applications for the last round this May.In the last round, more than 1800 projects have been asked for a subsidy, of which about ten percent have been completed and reimbursed.Other projects are being worked on, and applicants have a year to complete them.