Media release: Existing Homes Alliance Scotland calls for doubling of funding as latest statistics show a quarter of households still living in fuel poverty EXHAS_fuel pov stats_mediarelease_1Dec20
Warm homes and the Scottish Budget 2021/22
As we approach the publication of the draft Scottish Budget 2021/22 at the end of January 2021, the Existing Homes Alliance sets out the budget requirements needed to achieve warm, zero emission and affordable to heat homes. (Briefings updated March 2021) EHA Summary Budget Briefing 2021-22 March 21 EHA Budget Briefing March 21 Update
Energy efficiency to be at the heart of recovery in 2021 election manifesto
Launching its Manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary elections, the Existing Homes Alliance Scotland called for the next Scottish Government to invest at least £1.3 billion over the next Parliament in making Scotland’s homes highly energy efficient and zero carbon emissions from heat. It called for a new Energy Efficient Scotland Bill and Zero Carbon … [Continue Reading]
Cautious welcome for infrastructure investment
The Existing Homes Alliance welcomes the overall increase in infrastructure investment set out in the Scottish Government’s draft Infrastructure Investment Plan, which was published yesterday. However, it remains unclear how much of this will go towards making our homes warm and affordable to heat. Lori McElroy, Chair of the Existing Homes Alliance said, “Investing in … [Continue Reading]
Just transition to warm homes
Existing Homes Alliance submission to the Just Transition Commission call for evidence: The transition to warm, low carbon and affordable to heat homes can and should be an exemplar for what a ‘just transition’ looks like. Indeed the Commission’s interim report called energy efficiency a ‘good example of just transition in action’ because it not … [Continue Reading]
