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Rory Evans,
The Warm Homes Plan is not short on ambition. Running to well over a hundred pages, it sets out the government’s intention to deliver the largest programme of home energy upgrades The headline commitments are investment, a major expansion of skilled jobs, millions of households expected But anyone with experience in social
housing knows that ambition on paper does not automatically translate into The real test of the Warm Homes
Plan will not be the size of the budget, but whether it can be converted into housing stock, tight delivery timetables
intentioned initiatives falter at the point Why this matters for tenants and landlords powerful one. The energy price shocks that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposed how With most homes still reliant overseas quickly became unaffordable For social landlords, the consequences
were immediate and familiar. Rising costs pushed more households into fuel poverty and reinforced what the sector
homes are not just an environmental issue, but a challenge for landlords Which brings me back to the
Warm Homes Plan, painting energy not as optional enhancements, but essential infrastructure, integral Planned, long-term that meaningful change is most achievable where councils and housing providers act at scale, across whole portfolios, rather than relying on
that supports coordinated programmes,
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