![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/cost-of-living-second-payment-welcomed-by-cardiff-residents/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127558060_xenabrunel.jpg&description=Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Eight million people across the UK will qualify for the second instalment of the targeted support schemeCost-of-living payments "cushion the blow" as bills continue to rise housing association residents have said. Millions of people across the UK will this week receive £324, the second instalment of the targeted payment.A first grant of £326 was paid earlier in the year and, together, are designed to assist with rising bills.Although residents in Cardiff welcomed the cash, they said their strict budgets meant they would still have to choose between heating and eating.Taff Housing Association tenant in Cardiff, Xena Brunel, said rising costs had made it harder for her to "live within your means". The 59-year-old said: "With the cost of living you have to really budget because the food bill is going up, gas, electricity, water and transport - everything goes up. "Being unemployed I have to watch what I am spending. Before this crisis, I used to have a budget for food of £25 a week, it's now jumped up to £35 a week."Image caption, Xena Brunel says that the cost-of-living payment will "cushion the blow" of rising billsMs Brunel added that the £324 was "needed", in particular to cover heating and mobile phone costs and to avoid accumulating debt."It helps to cushion the blow," she said."You have to live within your means. You can't splash out on expensive stuff, that way leads you down the route of loan sharks."Eight million people on low incomes who receive certain benefits will get the payment. Eligibility depends on receiving one of the following benefits:Universal CreditIncome-based Jobseekers AllowanceIncome-related Employment and Support AllowanceIncome SupportWorking tax creditChild tax creditPension creditTo be eligible for the latest instalment, people must have been claiming and entitled to a benefits payment between 26 August and 25 September, with the exception of pensioner households, who may be able to have a new pen){kind=link}
Cost-of-living payments “cushion the blow” as bills continue to rise housing association residents have said.
Millions of people across the UK will this week receive £324, the second instalment of the targeted payment.
A first grant of £326 was paid earlier in the year and, together, are designed to assist with rising bills.
Although residents in Cardiff welcomed the cash, they said their strict budgets meant they would still have to choose between heating and eating.
Taff Housing Association tenant in Cardiff, Xena Brunel, said rising costs had made it harder for her to “live within your means”.