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Coll Storm · 03-18-2006, 12:45 PM

A little background on myself and the situation. There are two of us living in the apartment and we have section 8. We are both clean and responsible, she is disabled, and I hold a full-time job.

Our rent is about 1200 a month and due to the fact that I'm working full-time pay the majority of the rent.

We were told coming in that paying for utilities wouldn't be a problem.

That's when we found out that the whole building isn't insolated and we were losing more heat than keeping. Even replacing the old windows with new ones hasn't done us any good.

Our bill on heating from Oct to April is averaging about $400.00 a month and the shit is hitting the fan at this point. We can't keep up. We owe about 2000.00 dollars and there is no way we can pay it. We think we're being over-charged, because none of our neighbors have heating bills this high.

We've kept the heat on 68 ( like they told us to do ) and have dressed in layers, but nothing is helping.

We're in Wakefield MA and use the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department.

Is there any way of getting this investigated? We've tried for fuel assistance, but we're just over the threshhold for meeting the requirements. At this point we're not even eating on a regular basis, because of this bill.

I'm tired of this and at my wits end. I need help. Please.

03-18-2006, 12:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Coll Storm Crazy Location: Boston	Help needed on my heating situation. A little background on myself and the situation. There are two of us living in the apartment and we have section 8. We are both clean and responsible, she is disabled, and I hold a full-time job. Our rent is about 1200 a month and due to the fact that I'm working full-time pay the majority of the rent. We were told coming in that paying for utilities wouldn't be a problem. That's when we found out that the whole building isn't insolated and we were losing more heat than keeping. Even replacing the old windows with new ones hasn't done us any good. Our bill on heating from Oct to April is averaging about $400.00 a month and the shit is hitting the fan at this point. We can't keep up. We owe about 2000.00 dollars and there is no way we can pay it. We think we're being over-charged, because none of our neighbors have heating bills this high. We've kept the heat on 68 ( like they told us to do ) and have dressed in layers, but nothing is helping. We're in Wakefield MA and use the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department. Is there any way of getting this investigated? We've tried for fuel assistance, but we're just over the threshhold for meeting the requirements. At this point we're not even eating on a regular basis, because of this bill. I'm tired of this and at my wits end. I need help. Please.