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fuel poverty  

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  • Fuel poverty, with its roots in the quality of housing stock and the cost of fuel, is a recognized social problem that affects the poor. According to Brenda Boardman, an influential author on fuel poverty research in the United Kingdom (UK), fuel poverty occurs when a household has adequate energy services for 10 percent of its income. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Fuel Poverty]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T5XFJKNP-1

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