Support for Local Authorities to keep homes warm and lower energy bills

Housing Wed, Mar 23, 2016 9:55 AM

Local Authorities across the country are to receive a share of £88 million to help deliver the Government’s Green Deal home energy efficiency improvement programme.

The scheme will be rolled out on a street-by-street basis and will aim to help around 32,000 households install energy efficiency home improvements like solid wall insulation and hew heating systems so that they have warm, more energy efficient homes and better control of their energy bills.

Minister for Energy, Greg Barker said: “Properties across the country are leaking hundreds of pounds every year through faulty boilers, draughty windows and insufficient insulation.

“By installing energy saving improvements we can help thousands of hard pressed consumers save energy and lower their bills.

“This is why we’ve quadrupled the Green Deal Communities funding, so that Local Authorities can help many more people benefit from these improvements.”

The 24 Local Authorities to be offered a share of £88 million from the Government under the Green Deal Communities scheme are:

    East Hampshire District Council
    Dartford Borough Council
    Leeds City Council
    Bristol City Council
    Nottingham City Council
    Broadland District Council
    London Borough of Hillingdon
    Telford & Wrekin Council
    Worcestershire County Council
    London Borough of Lewisham
    Woking Borough Council
    Plymouth City Council
    South Buckinghamshire District Council
    Manchester (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council)
    Ashfield District Council
    Suffolk County Council
    Cambridge City Council
    Peterborough
    London Borough of Haringey
    Bracknell Forest
    Eastleigh Borough Council
    Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council
    London Borough of Harrow
    Bath & North East Somerset Council.

The Green Deal is an ambitious and long-term Government initiative designed to upgrade the energy efficiency of our homes in Great Britain. It can help people understand the energy saving improvements they can make to their home and decide how to pay for them.

Local Authorities will roll the scheme out on a street-by-street basis. They know their areas best and which streets and properties could most benefit from Green Deal to upgrade their energy efficiency.