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<p>The Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) scheme, which supports energy
efficiency and low carbon heat projects for low-income households, is being delivered
in three phases:</p><ul><li>Phase 1A; around £74 million was allocated to 55 projects
in over 100 Local Authorities in October 2020, to be delivered by June 2021.</li><li>Phase 1B:
around £126 million has been allocated to 81 projects in over 200 Local Authorities, for
delivery by September 2021.</li><li>Phase 2: funding of £300 million has been allocated
to the five Local Energy Hubs, who will work with Local Authorities in their region
to deliver projects by December 2021.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The 2019 Conservative Manifesto committed
to a £3.8bn Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) over a 10-year period, to improve
the energy performance of social rented homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Summer Economic Update
announced the SHDF Demonstrator project, launched in 2020, which has awarded £62m
of funding to social landlords across England and Scotland to test innovative approaches
to retrofitting at scale, seeing over 2300 social homes improved to at least EPC band
C.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn 2020 Spending Review committed £60m of funding for the
first wave of the £3.8bn manifesto commitment in financial year 21/22.</p><p> </p><p>The
Government has since committed an additional £300 million on green home upgrades through
Local Authorities. This extension will be through an increase in funding to Local
Authorities via LAD and the SHDF wave one, and whilst the schemes are currently being
designed, the focus remains on upgrading the worst-performing homes with energy efficiency
installations and low-carbon heating.</p>
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