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The Green Homes Grant Scheme

The Green Home Grant Scheme

If you’re a homeowner or residential landlord you can apply for a Green Homes Grant voucher towards the cost of installing energy efficient improvements to your home.

Improvements could include insulating your home to reduce your energy use or installing low-carbon heating to lower the amount of carbon dioxide your home produces.

How much you can get

Vouchers will cover two-thirds of the cost of eligible improvements, up to a maximum government contribution of £5,000.

If you, or someone in your household, receive certain benefits you may be eligible for a voucher covering 100% of the cost of the improvements. The maximum value of the voucher is £10,000. Check if you’re eligible for the low income support scheme.

Landlords are not eligible for low income support.

Eligibility

You may be eligible if you live in England and:

you own your own home (including long-leaseholders and shared ownership)
you own your own park home on a residential site (including Gypsy and Traveller sites)
you’re a residential landlord in the private or social rented sector (including local authorities and housing associations)

You cannot get the Green Homes Grant for newly built homes which have not been previously occupied.

Check if you’re eligible for a Green Homes Grant.

Other funding

Here’s some further information if you are already claiming via these other methods of funding:

Energy Company Obligation (ECO)

You cannot claim a Green Homes Grant voucher towards the cost of a measure which has also had funding under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). You can claim both ECO and Green Homes Grant as long as they are each for different measures – for example loft insulation and cavity wall insulation.

Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)

You can claim both the Domestic RHI and the Green Home Grant for a renewable heat installation. You must claim the Green Home Grant voucher first and then notify Ofgem that you have used it when you apply for accreditation to the Domestic RHI. The Green Homes Grant will then be deducted from your Domestic RHI payments.

Please note: If you’re only claiming the Green Homes Grant voucher for energy efficiency measures you do not need to notify Ofgem.

Local Authority Delivery Scheme

You cannot apply for the scheme if you have already received a grant from your local authority as part of the Local Authority Delivery Scheme.

Information if you’re a landlord:

State aid

The Green Homes Grant counts towards the total de minimis state aid you’re allowed to get over a 3 year period. You must check that you will not exceed the de minimis state aid threshold of €200,000.

Energy efficiency standard

Most private rented properties must have a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of E under the minimum energy efficiency standard.

If you’re applying for a voucher for a private rented sector property, you need to either provide:

proof that you have met this standard
proof of an exemption

What the voucher can be used for

Your voucher can be used for the following home improvements which have been split into ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ measures.

Primary measures:

Please note: The voucher must be used to install at least 1 primary measure.

Insulation

The following insulation measures are covered by the voucher:

solid wall insulation (internal or external)
cavity wall insulation
under-floor insulation (solid floor, suspended floor)
loft insulation
flat roof insulation
pitched roof insulation
room in roof insulation
insulating a park home

Low carbon heat

The following low carbon heating measures are covered by the voucher:

air source heat pump
ground source heat pump
solar thermal (liquid filled flat plate or evacuated tube collector)
biomass boiler
hybrid heat pump

Secondary measures:

Please note: If you install at least 1 primary measure, your voucher can be used to help cover the cost of any of the following secondary measures.The amount you get towards the cost of secondary measures cannot exceed the amount you get for primary measures.

You will only be able to redeem vouchers for secondary measures once you have installed a primary measure and redeemed the vouchers for that measure.

Windows and doors

The following measures are covered by the voucher:

draught proofing
double or triple glazing (where replacing single glazing)
secondary glazing (in addition to single glazing)
energy efficient replacement doors (replacing single glazed or solid doors installed before 2002)

Heating controls and insulation

The following measures are covered by the voucher:

hot water tank thermostat
hot water tank insulation
heating controls (such as, appliance thermostats, smart heating controls, zone controls, intelligent delayed start thermostat, thermostatic radiator valves)

What the voucher covers

Costs that are covered by the voucher include:

labour
materials
VAT

Work cannot be completed by yourself, a member of your household or your immediate family.

All work covered by the voucher must be completed by a TrustMark-registered installer who is also registered for the scheme.

How to apply

Check your eligibility
Check what energy efficiency or low carbon heat improvements may be suitable for your home
Find certified installers in your area that are able to carry out the work
Apply for the voucher
Please note: Applying for a voucher does not guarantee that your application will be approved. You should not commit to start any work until you have been successfully issued with a voucher.

Getting the voucher

You will receive a separate voucher for each of the measures that you have applied to install.

Each voucher is only valid for the measure and property you have applied for. The voucher is only for use by the named applicant and cannot be transferred to another person.

You can only begin work once your voucher has been issued. Any work that was started before that date cannot be claimed.

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