People will soon be offered up to £15,000 towards energy efficiency improvements in their homes, according to a report.
It will be the first move to widely unlock such funding for middle-income households since the disastrous failure ofCurrent schemes worth around £12 billion are mostly limited to improvements on social housing and low-income private homeowners. Ministers have ring-fenced £1 billion from existing budgets for the scheme over the next three years, according to The Times.But the Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group, which represents industry leaders and green think-tanks, previously told ministers at least £3 billion would be needed in that time to make ECO Plus viable.
Doubt this will apply to renters though. We'll be stuck with massive bills, draughty houses and landlords who couldn't care less 🙃
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