Advance Housing awarded £980k to boost home efficiency

Supported by the Warm Homes Social Housing fund the finance is set to boost efficiency of Advance Housing homes to EPC C by 2030.

Advance Housing and Support has been awarded £980,000 by the Department for
Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to improve the energy efficiency of its homes
across England.

The funding comes from the Warm Homes Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
(Wave 3) and will help boost the work Advance is already doing to upgrade all its
homes to at least EPC band C by 2030.

The government fund supports social housing providers across the UK to making
efficiency improvements, which often results in Energy Performance Certificate
(EPC) upgrades.

The full amount of funding will be matched by Advance to install energy efficiency
measures such as insulation, low carbon heating systems and new windows and
doors to its homes.

While helping to reduce Advance’s carbon footprint, the measures will also deliver
benefits to customers through lower energy bills and more comfortable homes.

Chief Executive, Julie Layton, said: “We are proud of our record of providing good
quality homes for customers across the country. This funding will support our
ambitions to make sure all our properties end up meeting quality standards for
energy efficiency, reducing costs and enhancing living conditions for customers.”

Shelia, an Advance customer from Leicester, is one of the customers who has
benefitted from new insulation in her property.

Sheila said: “It’s like living in a new house – it is beautiful. The house is very warm
and I’m saving a lot on the heating bills. It’s absolutely fabulous.”

This is the second amount of DESNZ funding Advance has received since the SHDF
scheme launched in 2021. The new Wave 3 programme of work will follow on from
the improvements that were made to 23 properties across Leicestershire in 2024.