Warm Homes: Local Grant
The Warm Homes: Local Grant is a new UK Government-funded scheme providing free home improvements - like insulation measures, solar panels or heat pumps - for low-income, privately owned homes. It will help these households heat their homes, reduce their energy bills and be well-adapted to climate change.
Camden Council is a member of the London Consortium, made up of 30 other London boroughs and led by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and London Councils. We are working with other London boroughs to deliver the scheme in a co-ordinated, efficient approach. Read the GLA’s Warmer Homes privacy notice, to understand how the GLA uses your personal information when you apply (or someone in your household or your landlord applies) to the Warm Homes: Local Grant programme.
What can be funded
If you are applying as a homeowner or a private tenant, you are not required or expected to make any contributions to the cost of upgrades. In some cases, you may be able to self-fund additional measures not recommended by the retrofit coordinator, or to fund other improvements not covered by the grant (such as cosmetic touches).
If you’re applying as a landlord, you can apply for multiple eligible homes. You may be able to receive full funding for one home, but you must pay 50% of upgrade costs for any additional homes upgraded after the first. Tenants are not required or expected to pay for upgrade costs.
You can get:
- up to £15,000 worth of energy-efficiency improvements for your home, and/or,
- up to £15,000 grant towards installing low-carbon heating
The aim of the scheme is to boost the EPC rating of your home to at least a 'C' once the improvements have been installed. Measures that could be funded include:
- wall, loft and underfloor insulation
- double/triple glazing
- solar panels
- Low Carbon Heating – including air source heat pumps
Check your eligibility
To qualify for the Warm Homes: Local Grant, you must meet the following criteria:
- your home must be in England
- you must own your home or rent from a private landlord.
- your home must have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of D, E, F or G. You can find your EPC out when you apply or check your home’s energy certificate on GOV.UK.
- your home must be located within one of the government’s priority postcodes. Check whether your postcode qualifies here.
Or
- you have a gross household income below £36,000 a year or at least one resident on a means-tested benefit including housing benefit, job seekers allowance, pension credit or universal credit.
How to apply
The scheme is now open for applications. Residents can check their eligibility on the GOV.UK website.
Find out more, check your eligibility and apply on GOV.UK.