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Landlords bid for wall insulation funding
Britain's handymen may soon be called on to help make the UK's homes more thermally-efficient after the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) announced a funding package for cavity wall insulation.
Social landlords will be bidding for a share of the £84 million cash boost designed to help them hire qualified tradesmen to insulate hard-to-treat cavity walls, resulting in improved energy efficiency and lower heating bills.
"The HCA is committed to reducing energy emissions in homes, and the impact of this improvement programme will mean that social housing tenants will also have the opportunity to significantly reduce their energy bills," said HCA chief executive Sir Bob Kerslake.
Bidders have until June 12th to submit their applications, with the list of successful applicants due to be announced in July.
The scheme is part of HCA's drive to make Britain's homes as eco-friendly as possible, which recently saw the agency unveil the country's first six truly carbon-neutral homes at Upton in Northamptonshire.
