More than thirty one million pounds has been put forward to improve the energy efficiency of homes across Northumberland. The money is to be split between private properties and social housing.
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00:00More than £31 million has been put forward to improve the energy efficiency of homes
00:05across Northumberland. The money is to be split between private properties and social
00:09housing. The Warm Homes Grant will improve around 900 private homes at an estimated cost
00:14of £15.6 million and the rest will be spent on social housing, but it will only be available
00:19for households with an income of less than £36,000 a year.
00:24Landlords will receive 100% of the funding for their first property, then they will be
00:28entitled to 50% funding for any additional houses.
00:32Councillor Colin Horncastle of Northumberland County Council has said,
00:35The Government has targets that all fuel-poor homes should be EPCC by 2030. This is the
00:40best and easiest way to help people in any sort of home to increase their energy insulation
00:45and help those in fuel poverty.
00:47Fuel poverty is when a household spends a large portion of its income on keeping its
00:51home at a reasonable temperature. In England, a household is considered to be in fuel poverty
00:56if they live in a property with an energy efficiency rating of D and below.