Holyrood pledges £728m for Scots to tackle fuel poverty with greener heating systems
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Scottish Government is pledging to make up to £728 million available in the next seven years to help Scots tackle fuel poverty by installing greener heating systems.
Zero carbon buildings minister Patrick Harvie said the Government is "ramping up" support to householders by making the money available through the Warmer Homes Scotland programme.
The scheme, which was set up in 2015, has already helped more than 35,000 older or lower income households to make their homes warmer and more affordable to heat.Mr Harvie said the Government is now looking to "offer more support per household, allowing us to deliver whole-house retrofit and install more measures in individual properties".He added there will be a "focus on climate-friendly heating where this is financially and technically possible".
His comments come after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak watered down the UK Government's plans to phase out gas boilers by 2035, creating an exemption for about a fifth of households to potentially never make the change to alternatives such as heat pumps.
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