LA Flex by council: which UK landlords qualify for ECO4 without a tenant on benefits

Local Authority Flexible Eligibility — LA Flex — is the second route into ECO4 alongside the standard benefits route. Instead of requiring a tenant on Universal Credit or Pension Credit, LA Flex lets a council refer households for ECO4 funding using its own criteria: usually a household income threshold plus health or fuel-poverty triggers.

Because every council sets its own criteria, there's no single national LA Flex rulebook. The guides below cover each English and Welsh delivery authority individually — 318 councils in total — with the interaction between LA Flex, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, and Warm Homes: Local Grant explained per council. Look up your rental's local authority to see what applies.

Councils marked confirmed below are those where we've verified a live Statement of Intent against our rules engine. Every other council may still operate LA Flex — the absence of a badge just means we haven't independently confirmed the current status.