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More than 2,000 homes in Coventry will be made warmer, more energy efficient and at less risk of mould in a huge £23.8m project. Over the next two and a half years, Citizen and Coventry City Council will oversee works on hundreds of homes across the city. The work will predominantly improve the fabric and ventilation of properties by installing cavity or external wall insulation, increased loft insulation and improving ventilation to reduce the potential for mould growth. Cash to pay for the work, totalling £23.8m, was secured by a joint bid from the housing association and the city council to the the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, formally known as the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy - BEIS. READ MORE: Heartbroken families of unsolved double murder victims still 'stuck in grief' It was the council's second joint bid after the first wave of Social Housing Decarbonisation Funding saw 95 homes improved across the city last year. Mads Nelson, chief operating officer at Citizen, said: "It's fantastic news we've been successful with Coventry City Council on our bid to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. The funding will help us deliver more energy efficient homes, which will support our customers in keeping their homes warm, particularly in these times of high energy bills. By making our homes more energy efficient we're also reducing the carbon dioxide emissions, lessening the impact on the environment. "It is a government requirement that all rented properties must achieve a minimum EPC band C by 2030 and this will help us achieve this. Including the grant from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, we are investing nearly £74m to bring more than 4,000 homes up to EPC C ahead of the Government's target of 2030. "At Citizen we are committed to providing good quality homes, and this project and the funding from DESNZ will help with this by providing warmer more energy efficient homes. We have a great working partnership with Coventry City Council and are really pleased that our second bid together has been successful." Councillor David Welsh, cabinet member for housing and communities at the city council, added: "Helping more people to access a good standard of affordable housing is absolutely vital. "This funding will mean families should be able to see reductions in their energy bills. "As a council we are looking at ways to raise standards, from the private rented sector through to temporary accommodation, and we should be doing all we can to protect tenants - especially those on a low income. "We work very closely with Citizen and I hope we can see the impact of this funding very soon. We'll continue to push the government to act quickly. Finding solutions to the housing crisis is an absolute priority. Cllr Jim O'Boyle, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change, said: "This is good news and will help improve the energy efficiency of a significant number of homes." Sign up for our daily newsletter here for all the latest news about Coventry. Read next: Woman arrested at National Express bus strike picket line in Coventry EastEnders legend swaps soaps for working at family newsagents in Coventry Flytippers take making a mess to a whole new level by dumping wheelie bins in woods Coventry City Council appoints new chief executive to £200,000-a-year role Striking Coventry Amazon workers reject latest pay offer Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.
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