Warm Homes: Local Grant – guidance for local authorities

Overview

The Warm Homes: Local Grant will begin delivery in 2025 and will provide energy performance upgrades and low carbon heating via local authorities, to households that: 

• are in England
• are low income
• have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) between D and G
• are privately owned (owner occupied or privately rented) 

Once in delivery local authorities will be able to install energy performance measures and low carbon heating to eligible homes in their area. Measures could include:

• insulation
• solar panels
• an air source heat pump if suitable

Upgrades should be tailored to individual homes so that the most appropriate measures are installed. Occupants will not contribute to the cost of upgrades. 

The Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme has been allocated £500 million as part of the Autumn Budget. See a breakdown of funding available.

Participating local authorities will use the funding to install energy performance upgrades and low carbon heating.

Local authorities within the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have received an allocation of funding as part of the government’s commitment to the Warm Homes and Public Sector Decarbonisation Devolution Programme. To learn more about this please refer to the Integrated Settlement GOV.UK page.

How it works 

The Warm Homes: Local Grant expression of interest (EOI) window is now closed. Local authorities had to apply for the funding by 1 December 2024.

All eligible local authorities that completed and submitted an EOI form by this deadline have been allocated funding.

Delivery Assurance Check (DAC)

Grant recipients are required to complete and submit this form as part of their Mid-Mobilisation Review and Delivery Assurance Check (DAC) for WH:LG.

Once you have completed the form and organised your DAC date, please email the form and the required annexes to WHLG@energysecurity.gov.uk. Annexes A and B to the form were attached to your memorandum of understanding whereas annexes C, D and E can be completed in the workbook.

Help and support

Support is available at no cost to all local authorities participating in the Warm Homes: Local Grant from the Retrofit Information Support and Expertise (RISE) service. 

Eligible postcodes and IMD

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) combines multiple elements of deprivation  (including unemployment, health and income). The IMD: Income Decile eligible postcode list has separated out the income element from the other deprivations and shows all postcodes in Income deciles 1-2.

This list is different to the IMD 1-2, and households in IMD 1-2 will not necessarily be in Income Deciles 1-2 and vice versa.

Households that are outside the IMD: Income Deciles 1-2 may still be eligible for support, if local authorities have verified that they meet the requirements under eligibility pathway 2 (low income proxies) or 3 (household income threshold). Further information is provided in the policy guidance available on this page.