From this week, 50,000 households will be upgraded with green improvements from a £562 million fund, an initial down payment on the Government’s plan to invest over £9 billion into eradicating fuel poverty.
The £562 million funding will enable over 200 local authorities, including our local councils across East Surrey, to fund upgrades of the least energy efficient and fuel-poor homes. This will help to transform over 50,000 low-income households and social housing properties and support over 8,000 energy sector jobs annually, including local plumbers, builders and tradespeople.
The schemes will include measures such as cavity wall, underfloor and loft insulation, and replacing gas boilers with low carbon alternatives like heat pumps where appropriate. It will also include installing solar panels on many social housing, helping residents on low-incomes create their own green energy to power their homes.
