Social housing tenants to benefit from £80m energy efficiency upgrade fund

New government funding will provide 9,500 social housing tenants grants to make their homes more energy efficient.

Up to £80 million in funding will be made available through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund for some of the lowest income households.

Measures range from installing new wall, loft or underfloor insulation to supporting families to switch to low carbon heating – helping to cut energy bills and supporting around 2,000 jobs.

Eligible tenants will receive the energy efficiency upgrades free of charge through their social housing provider, whether local councils or housing associations.

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.

Secretary of State for Energy Security Claire Coutinho said:

“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.”