Living in a cold home: A Good Home Network briefing

Ageing Better responds to new statistics showing 25% increase in fuel poverty among over 60s

New figures from National Energy Action reveal that 8.4 million UK households will be in fuel poverty from April, including 2.5 million over 60s.

Ageing Better responds to £1bn government scheme to help households reduce energy bills

The ECO+ scheme will extend home improvement support to the most vulnerable households and those in the least energy efficient homes in lower Council Tax bands.

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Ageing Better contributes to new planning advice to enable more accessible and affordable homes

Good planning is needed to deliver diverse solutions to meet people’s diverse housing needs as they age.

Building properties to new minimum standards will help cut cost of inaccessible homes

The financial and societal benefits of raising the accessibility standards of new homes outweigh the costs of implementing them.

A crisis of cold homes: Our housing stock is alarmingly inefficient

As the temperature drops and the price of energy soars, our nation’s homes are leaking valuable warmth.

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Network launched to support local authorities in improving poor-quality homes 

We're launching a new network of local authorities looking to work collaboratively to address the nation’s inadequate housing stock.

Government decision to reduce energy price support is disappointing and concerning

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that universal support to help all billpayers with their energy costs will be reduced.

The right type of housing is as important as location, location, location

The housing crisis is as much to do with the type of homes being built as it is to do with where and how many.

Living in a cold home: A Good Home Network briefing

This briefing outlines some of the challenges and proposes potential solutions to help home improvement services to support people living in cold homes.