Council terrace houses around Hackney in London. Photo © Shutterstock
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho has announced up to £80 million in additional funding through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund – enough to upgrade an additional 9,500 homes.
Measures range from installing new wall, loft or underfloor insulation to supporting the switch to low carbon heating.
Secretary of State for Energy Security Claire Coutinho said:
We are delivering net zero in a way that supports the British public and does not burden hardworking families with additional costs.
Our Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund is delivering warmer homes and energy bill savings of around £240 for some of the lowest income families, as well as supporting thousands of jobs.
We’re already making over 100,000 homes more energy efficient with this scheme, and I’m delighted an extra 9,500 social housing tenants will now benefit too.
Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance Lord Callanan said:
The UK is a trailblazer when it comes to reducing carbon emissions, cutting them faster than any other G7 country.
By supporting families to improve their household energy efficiency, this additional funding will deliver measures such as new insulation and low-carbon heating for even more households – helping them save money and cut emissions.
Local and combined authorities, registered providers of social housing and charities that own social housing will be able to bid for the additional funding to install energy efficiency upgrades in November.
