Industry laments ‘shocking’ failure to introduce domestic retrofit programme

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Critics round on government over ‘unambitious’ Heat and Buildings strategy supposed to pave the way for net zero

Industry figures are voicing increasing concern over the “shocking” failure of the government to set out a strategy for upgrading owner-occupied housing in yesterday’s long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy.

Yesterday’s document, which included £800m for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and £950m to upgrade the energy performance specifically of homes occupied by low income households, contained no overarching strategy for improving the energy performance of private homes.

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