· Third successful round of funding secured to improve homes
· Investment in energy efficiency improvements will exceed £16m
· 900 homes will be warmer and more affordable to live
Plus Dane Housing has secured £2.573m from Wave 3 of the Warm Homes Social Housing Fund, through the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
The funding is provided by the government’s Warm Homes initiative to improve the energy performance of homes and follows two previously successful rounds of funding through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF).
The funding will be matched by Plus Dane to create a £5m programme, allowing us to deliver energy efficiency improvements to more than 300 of our homes.
The funding will pay for improvements that will vary depending on the requirements of each home, and include loft insulation, solar panels, underfloor insulation, cavity wall insulation, low energy lights, internal and external wall insulation.
This latest energy efficiency funding follows successful projects over the past few years through Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the SHDF. Funding through Wave 1 and 2 has already delivered improvements to more than 600 Plus Dane homes, following successful bids totalling £6m, all matched by Plus Dane. In total we have delivered almost £12m of energy efficiency improvements to our homes across the Liverpool City Region since 2023 through these funding streams.
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said: “Too many families are still forced to choose between heating and eating – and that’s simply not right. This investment is a significant step towards fixing that, with more than 300 homes receiving much-needed improvements.
“Here in the Liverpool City Region, we’ve already invested over £100m to improve the energy efficiency of more than 10,000 homes – cutting bills, reducing carbon emissions, and tackling fuel poverty. This latest funding builds on that progress, helping even more people stay warm for less. And I’ll keep working with government to make sure our region gets the investment it needs, so no one is left behind.”
More than 600 customers are seeing the benefits of the improvement work delivered so far, with customers reporting significantly warmer rooms within days of the work being completed. One Plus Dane customer in L8 said: "I can feel it straight away. Toasty! I don't feel like I need to rush to put the heating on anymore."
Chris Morris, Executive Director Customer, Communities and Homes, said: “We are investing £62m in our existing homes between 2024 and 2027 including projects like this which will make our homes warmer and more affordable to live in. Keeping our homes warm and safe is our main priority and customers have already seen the benefits of the work done so far. We are grateful to the Combined Authority for their support which means we can improve even more homes in the coming years.”
The ultimate goal of this investment will be the improved energy performance of our homes, with the aim of bringing the homes up to an EPC C rating or above. In total the three waves of funding, and Plus Dane match funding will result in over £16.5m investment and improvements to over 900 Plus Dane homes.
