The Chartered Institute of Housing has welcomed the government’s announcement that the Warm Homes Social Housing Fund, formerly known as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, will reopen next week for its third wave of applications.

The fund provides grant funding to improve the energy performance of social housing, through the installation of energy efficiency measures and low carbon technologies. The previous government announced £1.25bn would be available through the fund between 2025 and 2028.