Better and Warmer Homes Campaign
This page gives details on our private sector housing grants that are available. For information on our Better and Warmer Homes campaign, energy efficiency advice, Warm Front top ups, empty homes assistance and more please use the contents menu at the top of the page to navigate your way through.
Welcome to the Better and Warmer Homes Campaign!
We aim to help residents in the private sector (owner occupiers and tenants of private landlords) improve living conditions in their homes. We do this by offering financial assistance in the form of grants or loans and by offering financial assistance in the form of grants or loans and by referring residents onto other available assistance.
We work closely with Warm Front, the Energy Suppliers, and the Energy Saving Trust throughout the District. By working in partnership with other agencies we can help residents gain access to the grant funding and advice that is available to help them heat their homes in an affordable way.
What is available from the Better and Warmer Homes Campaign?
- Grants for Loft and Cavity Wall Insulation
- Better Homes Surveys
- Grants for Heating
- Energy Efficiency Advice
- Empty Homes Fund
- Benefits Entitlement check
Also, for information on a Disabled Facilities Grant please follow the link.
How can you benefit from the Better and Warmer Homes Campaign?
You do not need to be in receipt of a qualifying benefit to take advantage of the Better and Warmer Homes Campaign.
- Energy efficiency advice is freely available to everyone
- There are discounted schemes available for loft and cavity wall insulation
- The Empty Homes fund is not a means-tested grant
However, if you would like to have a benefits entitlement check, this can be arranged through any of the following agencies:
If you are over 60 years:
0800 60 60 265
Everyone can apply through:
0800 072 9006
0800 055 6688