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WMCA seeks to retrofit 50,000 homes by 2022
The West Midlands Combined Authority has set out ambitious plans to retrofit 50,000 homes across the West Midlands by the end of 2022 to help tackle fuel poverty.
The WMCA is hoping to secure £50 million, as part of the region’s £3.2 billion investment blueprint submitted to government, to embark on its retrofitting programme. The region currently has the highest fuel poverty gap in the UK due to the high average age of local housing stock.
The authority says that the retrofit programme would target older homes that have low energy efficiency and cause households to pay far too much on their energy bills. Work would include insulating walls and double or triple glazing window panes. This is part of the #WM2041 programme, which sets out how the West Midlands aims to become carbon neutral no later than 2041.
Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, said: “The WMCA remains utterly committed to tackling the region’s climate emergency, and addressing fuel poverty is a key part of our plans. We have too many old homes in the region that are poorly insulated, leading to high energy bills. By addressing this not only we will be helping households out of fuel poverty at such a difficult economic time for many, but we will also be taking a strong step towards our goal of carbon neutrality by 2041.”
Additionally, the WMCA estimates that the proposed retrofit scale-up and supply chain development will create 20,000 new jobs and secure 5,000 more.
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