Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Chancellor Announces £50m Social Housing Retrofit Programme


Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced plans for a £50m fund to pilot innovative retrofit projects for social housing, as part of a £3bn fund for green jobs designed to jump-start the post-covid economy. The announcement comes the day after the chancellor announced a £1.6bn rescue package for the arts and a week after the prime minister announced he would bring forward £5bn for infrastructure projects in his “build, build, build” speech. The £3bn sum will fund green schemes in a “drive to power up the nation’s workforce and protect the environment”, according to a statement from the Treasury. Read more on Housing Today.

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