ROOF Blog

Tens of thousands of tenants could benefit from an EU decision to fund a massive programme of green measures to improve social housing. The proposals will provide 1 billion euros to fund energy efficient building initiatives and renewable energy measures including insulating walls, roofing and windows, using solar panels and replacing old boilers with more efficient ones. The proposals will be targeted towards low-income households.

Social deprivation, child poverty, and long-term reliance on benefits in parts of Britain have increased over the past decade, a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found. Of the 56 poverty indicators tracked by JRF – including the number of children in low-income families, young adults unemployed and children excluded from school – three-quarters have stalled or are getting worse, and the onset of the recession is making the position worse.