The poor energy performance of many homes, combined with significant rises in energy costs over the past decade, and increasingly extreme weather fuelled by the climate crisis, means that a
significant and growing proportion of the population are now living in homes that are damp, too cold in winter and too hot in summer.
As a result, people on low-incomes are made vulnerable, already burdened with the high cost of housing, they pay disproportionately more of their income on energy (on average, 6.4%) compared
to households on the highest income quintile (who pay an average of 1.5% of income). Read more…
