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The new Green Homes Grant scheme opens for business today offering a voucher up to £5,000 that covers up to two thirds of the cost of energy efficiency and low carbon improvements to homes.
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The scheme offers £3 billion to help homeowners improve their homes and save up to £600 a year on their energy bills.
From today homeowners can apply for grants towards upgrades to their homes under the government’s £2 billion Green Homes Grant, with an additional £1 billion announced to improve the energy efficiency of publicly owned buildings.
Apply for a Green Homes Grant or if you are a tradesperson, register to become an installer
Welcoming the launch of the scheme, James said -
"I urge people in West Norfolk to visit the Green Home Grants website to see how they can make the most of this scheme.
Our manifesto promised to protect the economy and the environment; these grants will provide the funding needed to hire local tradespeople and to make our homes more energy efficient."
- The Green Homes Grant scheme will see the government fund up to two-thirds of the cost of home improvements up to £5,000.
- Homeowners with low-incomes, including those on particular benefits, are eligible for a grant covering up to 100% of the cost of works up to £10,000.
- The scheme will improve the energy efficiency of over 600,000 homes.
- Grants will be offered to cover green home improvements ranging from insulation of walls, floors and roofs, to the installation of double or triple glazing when replacing single glazing, and low-carbon heating like heat pumps or solar thermal - measures that could help households save up to £600 a year on their energy bills.
The scheme will also support over 100,000 jobs in green construction for local plumbers, builders and tradespeople across the UK, as well as cutting carbon emissions and household bills.
The launch of the Green Homes Grant forms part of a wider plan to upgrade the nation’s buildings, which also includes:
- £1 billion to boost the energy efficiency of public buildings, including schools and hospitals through a Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund;
- new measures to ensure nearly 3 million privately rented homes are upgraded to modern energy efficiency standards by 2028; and
- £50 million to improve the energy efficiency of social housing.
