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But for the middle and upper-middle class this proportion soars to more than half, which suggests that families with more time and information to obtain this type of bonus are more likely to get them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the above shows that energy bonuses have insufficient coverage, which is especially serious for structurally vulnerable families. We recommend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Considerably reducing the barriers to applying for and obtaining these bonuses, taking the initiative by offering a pre-filled application to those who meet the conditions, or even moving to an automatic award system that could work through the energy bill or as a component of the Minimum Living Income or another unified mechanism, avoiding fragmentation and bringing together, as far as possible, all the instruments to fight poverty and its associated risks.<\/li>\n<li>Better combining income criteria with household type criteria, but with the necessary care not to exclude too many households: a threshold of \u20ac26,000 such as the one that has been under discussion would remove the aid from 1 in 3 lower-middle-income large families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 8.3% of households receive any energy social bonus, even though 14.3% reported having problems keeping their home at an adequate temperature in 2021, the latest available data. 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