Warm Homes Plan

[edit] Labour manifesto

The Warm Homes Plan is a Labour policy, which appeared in the Labour manifesto ( see What the political party manifestos say on housebuilding and building safety) as:

"Warm homes plan: The energy shock of recent years has highlighted the urgent importance of improving energy efficiency in British homes. Labour will invest an extra £6.6 billion over the next parliament, doubling the existing planned government investment, to upgrade five million homes to cut bills for families."

"The Warm Homes Plan will offer grants and low interest loans to support investment in insulation and other improvements such as solar panels, batteries and low carbon heating to cut bills. We will partner with combined authorities, local and devolved governments, to roll out this plan. Labour will also work with the private sector, including banks and building societies, to provide further private finance to accelerate home upgrades and low carbon heating. "

"We will ensure homes in the private rented sector meet minimum energy efficiency standards by 2030, saving renters hundreds of pounds per year. Nobody will be forced to rip out their boiler as a result of our plans. Labour will save families hundreds of pounds, slash fuel poverty, and get Britain back on track to meet our climate targets. Our plan will meangood skilled jobs for tradespeople in every part of the country."

[edit] Government announcement

In government Labour formally announced the Warm Homes Plan was in November 2024, it comprised of a number of existing, adapted and new measures, aswell as a target to lift over 1 million households out of fuel poverty by 2030. The component parts of the Warm Homes Plan as it has gradually been announced currently include:

• Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Grants of up to £7,500 to support the installation of air source heat pumps, ground source heat pumps and biomass boilers. Proposed continuation by the current government.
  • For more information see Boiler Upgrade Scheme
• Warm Homes: Local Grant: A £500 million fund launching in 2025 to provide energy upgrades for low-income households. Introduced by the current government.
  • For more information see Warm Homes Local Grant
• Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3: £1.2 billion has been allocated as part of the budget to be delivered from 2025 until 2028 by eligible social housing landlords. Continuation by the current government.
  • For more information see Waves of warmer homes grants for the rental sector
• Boosting minimum energy standards: Raising the required energy efficiency ratings for rented homes (private and social housing) by 2030. This includes proposals to make EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) Band C the minimum standard. Introduced by the current government via consultation.
  • For more information see The EPC consultation in the context of changes to the NCM
• And the Warm Home Discount to help with energy bills, supporting low-income households. Expansion currently under consultation by the current Labour government.
  • For more information see Warm Home Discount scheme

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