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Are you ready for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) deadline?

Don’t miss your chance to bid for part of an £800m government fund to help social housing providers to improve the energy efficiency of their stock. Getting prepared now is essential if your organisation is to secure funding for this second wave of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.

The competition window will open in late August – early September 2022 and bid assessments will end in November 2022. Successful projects will be notified in February 2023.

What is it?

The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) is a £3.8 billion funding initiative over a ten-year period, with the aim of decarbonising the UK’s social housing stock. Wave one of the fund closed with 69 successful projects, which were offered £179 million.

The UK Government has now allocated a further £800m, and social housing landlords will be invited to apply for this second wave of funding to improve the energy performance and efficiency of their rental market properties

 The aim is to ensure all rental market properties currently below an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C are upgraded as part of the push towards Net Zero.

Are you eligible?

The SHDF is available to registered providers of social housing including housing associations, private and local authority providers.

How will it benefit you?

• Ensuring compliance across your housing stock.

• Future proofing your housing stock.

• Tackling the cost pressure of tenants and reducing fuel poverty.

• Opportunities for green jobs.

• Reduced maintenance costs and longer product life cycles.

 How BTP can help

If you are planning to bid for wave two funding, you need to start preparing today.

Any work funded through the SHDF to improve the EPC rating of your eligible properties requires Trustmark approved contractors and consultants. BTP are registered with Trustmark and can provide the required PAS 2035 consultant services including: Retrofit Assessor, Co-ordinator and Designer.

BTP is currently working with RPs on a number of SHDF funded retrofit projects, which has given us invaluable insight and understanding of the process.  Combining this experience with our extensive portfolio of refurbishment projects and knowledge of the new building regulations changes, we are perfectly placed to assist you in improving the energy efficiency of your housing stock.

Next steps

Please contact Josh Pearson or Terri-Anne Pinfield for advice on accessing the SHDF and your energy retrofit requirements

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