Home Upgrade Grant
(Phase 2)
The Home Upgrade Grant phase 2 (HUG2) is for off-gas grid homes. This means homes which are not heated using mains gas, such as properties that use oil, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), coal, solid fuels, or electricity for heating purposes. Households are still eligible for the scheme if they are connected to mains gas for something other than heating (such as cooking).
Households connected to the mains gas grid for heating purposes are not eligible, including where the primary heating source of a mains gas boiler is broken, and the secondary heating source is electricity.
This scheme is now OPEN.
Stratford-on-Avon District Council has obtained funding through the UK Government Heat to Help schemes to improve the energy efficiency of low-income households with low EPC rated homes.
The HUG2 scheme aims to improve the warmth and comfort of homes that do not have mains-gas heating, whilst also reducing energy bills, carbon emissions and levels of fuel poverty across the county.
A range of energy efficiency improvements have been made available through this scheme and include clean heating solutions, such as air source heat pumps.
Please note that all applications are subject to a technical survey and an application acceptance does not guarantee that work will go ahead.
Who is eligible for funding:
An applicant and their property will need to meet all of the following:
- The property does not have gas central heating
- The property has an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of D, E, F or G (If the property does not have an EPC, then one will be arranged free of charge)
- The whole household has a combined annual income under £31,000 (gross)
The government has deemed that certain postcodes automatically meet the income eligibility criteria. This means that off gas grid and EPC D-G homes in these postcode areas are automatically eligible for the Home Upgrade Grant.
For Stratford on Avon District, these postcodes are in Alcester East and Alcester West wards. Not all postcodes in these wards are included.
The list of automatically eligible postcodes: B49 5QR, B49 5QT, B49 5QU, B49 5QY, B49 5RA, B49 6AA, B49 6AJ, B49 6AL, B49 6AN, B49 6AR, B49 6AW, B49 6AX, B49 6AZ, B49 6BF, B49 6DB, B49 6DE, B49 6DF, B49 6GR, B49 6PB, B49 6PR, B49 6PX, B49 6PY, B49 6PZ, B49 6QR, B49 6QS, B49 6QT, B49 6QU, B49 6QX, B49 6QY, B49 6RB, B49 6RD, B49 6RE, B49 6RF
Properties in the private rented sector are eligible for this scheme but only where the landlord has no more than 4 properties. Please note that if you are a landlord, you will be expected to contribute to the cost of any works undertaken.
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Act on Energy are supporting Stratford on Avon District Council for the HUG2 programme, providing the main point of contact for enquiries and processing applications.
Visit your Council’s webpage on this grant HERE.
To express your interest in this scheme, please call us on
0800 988 2881
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