HELP is available for residents on low incomes across the district to keep the cost of their energy bills down this winter.
The Warm Homes Local Grant (WHLG) is primarily funded by Stratford District Council but complemented by funding from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The scheme will build on the success of the Home Upgrade Grant 2 scheme which saw 98 properties occupied by lower income households upgraded. The WHLG funding aims to improve the warmth and comfort of more of the worst performing homes across the district, while also reducing energy bills, carbon emissions and levels of fuel poverty.
SDC’s leader Coun Susan Juned said: “With the cost of living continuing to affect many households, we are making it a priority to reduce fuel bills for residents living in cold and damp homes. This new scheme aims to improve energy efficiency and heating systems which will help reduce the amount of fuel needed to warm a home, and thereby lower fuel bills.
“The district council’s investment into warm homes funding will also help us to fulfil our pledge to reduce the total carbon emissions in Stratford district by at least 55 per cent by 2030 as a stepping-stone to becoming a net zero district.”
Contact Act on Energy on 0800 988 2881 or email [email protected] for more details.
