Give Malta's tenants their right to the cheaper residential tariff. Say "No" to F2
Give Malta's tenants their right to the cheaper residential tariff. Say "No" to F2
The Issue
After many years of lobbying the Maltese Government and the EU, for all residents living in their Primary Residence in Malta, to be afforded the right to be charged the residential rate for their utilities, we now have a ‘result’ via Form F2, available on the ARMS web page.
This result, however changes nothing apart from tenants now being given the option to pay €516 for this ‘right’. €466 deposit and €50 application fee.
Form F2 has been created for those tenants, who, for whatever reason, are tied to a Landlord who refuses to sign Form H, ‘ change in number of person form’ , which carries no charge
Form F2 places the Tenants name on a ‘temporary account’ defined by the dates on the Lease produced at the time of application
Form F2 can be filed without the permission or signature of the Landlord, unlike Form H, and the Landlord will then be informed by ARMS, the tenant has applied and the residential rate approved. Your Landlord may not take kindly to this.
Form F2 can also be filed without a €466 deposit, if the tenant will enter into a Direct Debit scheme. This may well require a Maltese Bank account. ARMS are only required to issue two ‘Actual’ bills per year, which leaves the direct debit scheme open to fault, if your bills are being debited every 2 months, on an ‘N’ reading or ‘E’ reading
At no time did we request Form F ‘change in consumer’, though it makes sense to have your utility bills in your own name. Our fight has always been the wrongful use of the Domestic rate, which was implemented solely for second/rarely used homes.
The tenants name on the account was presented as a fait accompli.
Those residents of Malta struggling to make ends meet are entitled to apply to the Government for energy subsidy. Isn’t this just robbing Peter to pay Paul when subsidy is being given on the higher Domestic rate?
The Issue
After many years of lobbying the Maltese Government and the EU, for all residents living in their Primary Residence in Malta, to be afforded the right to be charged the residential rate for their utilities, we now have a ‘result’ via Form F2, available on the ARMS web page.
This result, however changes nothing apart from tenants now being given the option to pay €516 for this ‘right’. €466 deposit and €50 application fee.
Form F2 has been created for those tenants, who, for whatever reason, are tied to a Landlord who refuses to sign Form H, ‘ change in number of person form’ , which carries no charge
Form F2 places the Tenants name on a ‘temporary account’ defined by the dates on the Lease produced at the time of application
Form F2 can be filed without the permission or signature of the Landlord, unlike Form H, and the Landlord will then be informed by ARMS, the tenant has applied and the residential rate approved. Your Landlord may not take kindly to this.
Form F2 can also be filed without a €466 deposit, if the tenant will enter into a Direct Debit scheme. This may well require a Maltese Bank account. ARMS are only required to issue two ‘Actual’ bills per year, which leaves the direct debit scheme open to fault, if your bills are being debited every 2 months, on an ‘N’ reading or ‘E’ reading
At no time did we request Form F ‘change in consumer’, though it makes sense to have your utility bills in your own name. Our fight has always been the wrongful use of the Domestic rate, which was implemented solely for second/rarely used homes.
The tenants name on the account was presented as a fait accompli.
Those residents of Malta struggling to make ends meet are entitled to apply to the Government for energy subsidy. Isn’t this just robbing Peter to pay Paul when subsidy is being given on the higher Domestic rate?
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Petition created on March 2, 2017