Amplius to get more than £20 million to improve energy efficiency of existing homes

More than £20 million of government money has been provisionally allocated to us to help improve the energy efficiency of our homes.

We’ve provisionally secured £20,332,915 through Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 – the new name for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund project.

In total, £1.29b has been offered to retrofit social homes across 144 projects.

Our provisional award is the second-highest amount out of 127 successful Challenge Fund bids and is the most we could’ve received due to the scheme being over-subscribed.

We’ll now match fund this amount, meaning just under £41 million could be invested in thousands of our homes as part of the three-year project which will run until 2028.

Marcus Keys, Chief Development and Commercial Officer, said: “Sustainability and energy efficiency are key focuses for us as an organisation and this money will help us drive forward with our plans to enhance our existing housing stock.

“We’re committed to providing warm, safe and secure homes for our customers and by securing this funding, which we’ll also match-fund, we’ll be able to continue the excellent work from wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and roll-out energy efficiency improvement measures to even more of our customers.

“I’m delighted that our bid was successful and that we managed to provisionally secure the second-highest award from government. This is a real testament to the hard-work and dedication of all my colleagues working on this programme and I’m looking forward to progressing with wave 3.”

We’ll continue to work closely with our contractor Morgan Sindall Property Services on the next phase of the project.

Fallon Warren, Head of Environment and Sustainability, added: “We’ve got a strong relationship with Morgan Sindall Property Services and the results from wave 2.1 of the project have been amazing, with customers already seeing the benefits of the energy efficiency improvements made to their homes.

“We’ll now be working hard to finalise the delivery programme for wave 3 so we know exactly how many homes we’ll be able to complete work on. We’ll also begin engaging with the customers living in these properties so they’re kept up-to-date and informed on everything we plan to do.

“I’m looking forward to getting started on this wave and really making a difference for our customers and improving their homes.”

We’ll be in contact with customers whose homes are to be included in the project in due course.

Mustafa Mustafa, Head of Decarbonisation at Morgan Sindall Property Services, added: “This is a fantastic opportunity to continue our partnership with Amplius and support in delivering their net zero targets, which we’ve already achieved success as part of the SHF programme 2.1.

“Our bespoke retrofit programme has already enhanced the energy efficiency of nearly 600 homes across five regions: Northeast Lincolnshire, Rutland, King's Lynn, Nottinghamshire and North Northamptonshire.

“We look forward to working with even more residents, to improve their living conditions and the energy efficiency of their homes.”