FPRN bulletin – 17th March 2025

This report provides insights on the implementation and impact of the Greater Manchester Social Housing Quality Fund which provided £15 million grant funding to social housing providers in order to facilitate improvements in housing quality. The research reveals a number of key lessons for program development and implementation and found a range of benefits for many of the participants including for improving thermal comfort and health outcomes.

This blog provides a summary of outcomes from the WELLBASED project looking at six cities across Europe. In addition to presenting data the article talks about what this means for policy and practice.

The UK Government has reviewed their 2021 fuel poverty strategy and concluded that a new strategy is required to support fuel poor households and lower bills. The government is now consulting on a new strategy with feedback open until the 4th of April 2025.

The UK Government is proposing to raise the minimum energy efficiency standard required of privately rented homes in England and Wales to the equivalent of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C by 2030. This consultation document is seeking feedback on the proposed changes by the 2nd of May 2025.

This consultation document sets out proposals to expand the reach of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in the UK through changes to thresholds and widening who can participate. The consultation is open for feedback until the 24th of March 2025.