Residents encouraged to take up Council led Home Upgrade Grant offer
Added at 21:55 on 01 March 2024
Residents encouraged to take up Council led Home Upgrade Grant offer
With the average energy price cap increasing by 5% in January, many residents may be concerned about the cost of heating homes and keeping warm this winter.
Under the Green Living Leicestershire partnership, local authorities in the county are working together to deliver £6.8m of grant funding to help the most inefficient and expensive to heat households reduce their energy bills and keep warm.
Home Upgrade Grant
The Home Upgrade Grant is administered by the County Council's Warm Homes service together with YES Energy Solutions and E.ON Energy Solutions and can provide homeowners and private tenants with fully funded energy efficiency measures improving the warmth and comfort of homes, whilst also reducing energy bills, carbon emissions and levels of fuel poverty across the county.
The scheme supports households that do not have mains gas as a primary heating system such as those with electric, heating oil, LPG or solid fuel heating. Households that only use gas for cooking or secondary room heating can still apply.
Eligibility criteria includes households within priority neighbourhood areas and more widely, households with an income of £31,000 or less per year or in receipt of means tested benefits, with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D,E,F or G (D or E in private rental). It will prioritise the most energy inefficient households and runs to end of March 2025.
Green Living Leicestershire is a partnership between Leicestershire authorities, to deliver projects supporting sustainability and Net Zero - the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible.
For more information on the grants, including the full eligibility criteria, eligible postcode areas or to apply, visit the County Council's Green Living Leicestershire Home Upgrade Grant webpage or call project delivery partner YES Energy Solutions on 0330 912 6199, who can support residents with their applications.
Information about wider grants, advice and support via the Warm Homes service and useful resources including a new advice booklet are available via the County Council’s Energy Grants pages.