UK Homes Losing Heat Up To Three Times Faster Than European Neighbours

UK homes lose heat significantly faster than European neighbours, even when factoring in outside temperature. A UK home with an indoor temperature of 20°C and an outside temperature of 0°C loses on average 3°C after five hours. This means that UK homes are losing heat up to three times as fast as Western European neighbours such as Germany, where homes lose 1°C over the course of five hours. The UK has old housing stock compared to some of the rest of Europe, with approximately 38% of its homes dating from before 1946, compared to 24% for Germany and Sweden. Read more on the Property Wire website.

https://www.propertywire.com/news/uk-homes-losing-heat-up-to-three-times-faster-than-european-neighbours

Britain Spends Twice As Much On Homeless As Germany

Britain spends nearly twice as much on state-subsidised housing, housing benefits and helping the homeless as other wealthy EU countries, an official report said. UK taxpayers paid £100 in housing support for every £66 that went on state housing in the next most generous EU country, France. German taxpayers pay only £52 to help low-paid, unemployed or homeless people put a roof over their heads, according to Office for National Statistics estimates. Read more on the Daily Mail website.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5863433/Britain-spends-twice-homeless-Germany.html