The government has revealed the successful local authorities and housing associations that have secured ‘Warm Homes’ funding to retrofit social housing.
A total of £1.29 billion has been offered to retrofit social housing across 144 projects under ‘Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3’. This includes funding offered for 17 Strategic Partnership projects and 127 Challenge Fund projects.
Consortium members:
- Alpha (R.S.L.) Limited
- Birkenhead Forum Housing Association Limited
- Blackpool Coastal Housing Limited
- Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Cobalt Housing Limited
- Community Gateway Association
- Jigsaw Housing Ltd
- Crosby Housing Association Limited
- Lancaster City Council
- Magenta Living
- One Vision Housing Limited
- Onward Homes Limited
- Pine Court Housing Association Limited
- Plus Dane Housing Limited
- Prima Housing Group Limited
- Progress Housing Group
- Regenda Limited
- South Liverpool Homes Limited
- Torus62 Limited
- Weaver Vale Housing Trust Limited
- West Lancashire Borough Council
- YMCA St Helens
- Your Housing Limited
- Warrington Borough Council
Maria O’Connor (pictured), operations director at Ecogee, an energy and construction specialist company which is part of Regenda, says: “We’re thrilled to welcome any funding that will create more warm homes.
“The fund will allow landlords to reduce their carbon footprint and access upgrades to thousands of hard-to-heat homes across the country – making a real impact.
“We are determined to retrofit as many homes as possible, helping people to be warm and happy in their homes. With this support from the government, we can take even bigger strides in decarbonising homes across the North West and boost job creation and economic growth in Liverpool. The funding opens up new and exciting opportunities across our growing green sector.”
Brendan Helm, business development director at Ecogee, adds: “We’re looking forward to working with our Wave 3 partners to make even more homes warmer, more efficient and cheaper to run – and support even more people across the North West to be warm and happy in their homes.
“At Ecogee, our mission has always been to keep delivering truly sustainable improvements to housing across the North West. For us it’s part in parcel to use our strong partnerships to procure services and build skills and capacity in the sector.
“Improving energy efficiency and creating healthier homes will continue to leave a positive impact for years to come in the communities we work in.”
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