Rooftop Housing Group Receives Provisional Allocation of £9 Million for Home Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Rooftop Housing Group is pleased to announce that it has successfully secured a provisional allocation of £9,021,346 in grant funding through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF). This significant funding will enable Rooftop to improve the energy efficiency of up to 700 existing homes over the next three years .

The funding will support the installation of various energy performance measures, including loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, upgrading doors and windows, low-carbon heating systems and solar panels. All homes will achieve a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C.

We have completed retrofit assessments for phase 1 of the programme and expect work to start in the next few weeks.

Rebecca Pitt, Executive Director, Investment of Rooftop Housing Group said:

“We are proud to have secured this provisional allocation. We are committed to decarbonising our homes and ensuring that every home has an EPC rating of C or above by 2030.

This successful bid is the result of a lot of work – gathering and analysing data on our existing homes to identify the interventions needed to improve energy performance.  We look forward to finalising the details and commencing these works which will make a real difference to our customers’ lives through reduced energy bills and more comfortable homes.”

The investment is part of the government’s Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 initiative, in which £1.29 billion was allocated to retrofit social homes across 144 projects in England.

The investment also marks a crucial step towards achieving sustainable, energy-efficient housing and supports Rooftop’s commitment to providing good quality homes.