Today, the Government are publishing the warm homes plan, alongside the fuel poverty strategy for England.
The warm homes plan—the biggest public investment in home upgrades in British history, delivering total public investment of £15 billion—will upgrade Britain’s homes to tackle the cost of living crisis and help lift 1 million households out of fuel poverty. The plan has three key pillars:
Low-income offer
At the Budget, the Chancellor took an average of £150 of costs off energy bills from April 2026, cutting the number of those needing to spend more than 10% of their income on energy bills by over a million. Building on this, the warm homes plan involves £5 billion of public investment to directly deliver home upgrades for low-income families—the biggest public investment in tackling fuel poverty in our history. Low-income households will receive, free of charge, packages of upgrades, depending on which technologies are most suitable for their homes. We are also today publishing an updated fuel poverty strategy for England, which sets out our plan to lift 1 million households out of fuel poverty by 2030.
An offer for everyone
The warm homes plan ensures that the benefits of new technologies like heat pumps, solar or batteries are available to families of every income. We are setting aside £2 billion to subsidise zero and low-interest loans for solar panels, batteries and other technologies, with a further £3 billion available for loans and investments in home upgrades over the coming years through our warm homes fund.
The Government are increasing investment in the boiler upgrade scheme every year to 2030 and supporting a wider range of technologies, including heat batteries or air-to-air heat pumps that can also cool homes in the summer. We are working with industry to simplify heat pump installation and to reduce install times. We are also launching a new warm homes agency to support consumers.
New protections for renters
There are 1.6 million children living in private accommodation who suffer from cold, damp or mould. The Government believe that if you rent a home, private or social, a landlord has a responsibility to ensure that it is safe, warm and affordable. We are introducing new measures which, by 2030, require private landlords to upgrade their properties to meet minimum standards of energy efficiency in a fair way over several years.
The warm homes plan is a landmark plan to cut energy bills for millions of families, reduce fuel poverty and create good jobs, while doing the right thing for current and future generations.
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