The least energy efficient council homes in the Stroud district are set to receive significant improvements.
Stroud District Council has been awarded £5.2million to deliver warmer, healthier and energy efficient homes. This will help to tackle fuel poverty and improve tenants’ health and wellbeing, and help fight climate change.
Stroud District Council was the lead partner in a consortium of Gloucestershire social housing providers which was awarded £15.7 million to provide warmer, more energy efficient homes, reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty.
The local consortium, which includes Cheltenham Borough Council, Two Rivers Housing and Gloucester City Homes received the third largest award out of 144 projects from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) under the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 scheme. Stroud District Council applied for £7.4million to improve 661 of its homes. The scheme was oversubscribed, with £1.29billion awarded of more than £2 billion requested. The council successfully secured 70% of the requested amount.
The consortium will now submit detailed plans to ensure the best possible outcomes for as many tenants as possible.
Chair of the council’s Housing Committee Gary Luff, said: “Our tenants will greatly benefit from this funding which will deliver warmer, more fuel-efficient homes. Healthy homes are vital for our residents and I’m very grateful to SDC’s officers who led the bid for Gloucestershire and achieved such a high award. It is testament to our ability to deliver for our tenants that we received one of the largest allocations in the country.”
Stroud District Council owns and manages approximately 5,000 homes.
