The Warm Homes Plan: What It Means and How to Deliver Retrofit That Works
With the full Warm Homes Plan now published, landlords and housing providers are turning from headlines to delivery. This session focuses on how to interpret the plan in practice, and make data-led decisions that deliver real outcomes for homes and residents.
Join Domna and Steven Wilding, Head of Net Zero for The London Borough of Hounslow, for a clear, practical briefing on what’s been announced, what’s still unclear, and how social housing providers and private landlords can deliver retrofit that actually works in a post-ECO world.
Key takeaways
- The plan is a multi-year framework, not an immediate cash release
- Funding will ramp up, but compliance and resident risk won’t wait
- Start with the homes and what they need, not the grant rules
- Sequence fabric, ventilation and damp to avoid rework
- Use better data to route homes early and spend surveys where they add value
What to do now?
Registered Providers and social housing
If you’re unsure where to start, focus on decisions that keep you moving and avoid rework.
- Set 6–12 month priorities you can act on
- Sort homes into minor works / targeted retrofit / strategic investment for MEES investment
- Plan fabric + ventilation + damp together
Get a prioritisation sense check
Private Landlords
Start with a clear view of what MEES will actually require, property by property.
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Map your EPC gap
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Do the high-impact basics first
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Avoid spend that won’t shift the rating