FAQ Categories: Green Homes Grant

The vouchers cover home improvements in 2 categories:

Primary Measures 

These cover insulation or low-carbon heating and include:

• solid wall insulation (internal or external)
• cavity wall insulation
• under-floor insulation (solid floor, suspended floor)
• loft insulation
• flat roof insulation
• pitched roof insulation
• room-in-roof insulation
• insulating a park home
• air-source heat pump
• ground-source heat pump
• solar thermal (liquid filled flat plate or evacuated tube collector)
• biomass boiler
• hybrid heat pump

Secondary Measures 

These cover windows, doors and heating controls, and include:

• draughtproofing
• double or triple glazing (where replacing single glazing)
• secondary glazing (in addition to single glazing)
• energy-efficient replacement doors (replacing single-glazed or solid doors installed before 2002)
• hot water tank thermostat
• hot water tank insulation
• heating controls (such as appliance thermostats, smart heating controls, zone controls, intelligent delayed start thermostat, thermostatic radiator valves)

If you install at least one primary measure, your voucher can be used to help cover the cost of any of the secondary measures, as long as the cost of the secondary measures does not exceed the amount you get for primary measures.

The voucher can be used to pay for:

• labour
• materials
• scaffolding
• VAT

Additional works will be covered by the voucher if they are necessary for the installation of measures.

Yes, they are encouraged to do so for buildings with an E, F or G ratings as they cannot officially let a property with a rating lower than an E. To take the grant, however, they would need to raise the accommodation to the band C level.

A landlord can apply for a £5000 voucher for each property that they own. They cannot apply for a £10,000 voucher. However, a scheme being phased in will allow up to £10,000 of measures with an implementation date of April 2025 for new tenancies and 2028 for all tenancies.

The government is concerned about those who cannot afford to contribute to the scheme so they have announced a low-income voucher worth £10,000 without any need for the homeowner to contribute.

If there is anyone in your household who may be entitled to one of the following benefits, you may be eligible to apply for this voucher:

• Income Support
• Income-Based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income-Based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit
• Pension Guarantee Credit (excluding Pension Savings Credit)
• Child Tax Credit
• Working Tax Credit
• Disability Living Allowance
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Attendance Allowance
• Carer’s Allowance
• Severe Disablement Allowance
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefits
• Contribution-Based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Contribution-Based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Housing Benefit

Local authorities can apply to use the scheme to support households with an income of less than £30,000.

Vouchers are valid for 3 months from the date of issue.

The Green Homes Grant Scheme will end on 31 March 2021. All vouchers applied for after 31 December 2020 will expire at the end of March regardless of when they are issued.

All work under the Green Homes Grant Scheme must be completed within the validity period of the voucher.

There is a 10-day process between the voucher being submitted by the homeowner and the scheme paying out.

Installers must complete all works by 20 March 2021 to ensure they are paid before the scheme closes.

For homeowners on certain benefits there is a low-income voucher that is worth up to £10,000 and that does not require any contribution from the homeowner.

If you want to install measures worth up to £10,000 you will not have to pay anything and the voucher will cover the whole amount.

If you want to install measures worth £11,000 the voucher will still only cover £10,000 and you will have to pay the remaining £1,000.

You will not need to pay a deposit if your measures cost within the £10,000 covered by the voucher.

To be eligible for a voucher you must own your home (including park home owners, long-leaseholders and shared ownership) or be a private or social landlord.

Your property must be in England (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not involved in this scheme).

New-build properties that have not previously been occupied are not eligible for the scheme.

You cannot apply for the scheme if you have already received a grant from your local authority as part of the Local Authority Delivery Scheme.

If you are a private rent landlord your property must have an EPC band E, F or G.

Standard voucher

The standard voucher is worth up to a maximum value of £5,000 per household. The homeowner must also contribute towards the costs of the eligible energy efficiency measures under the scheme. The grant can contribute 67% of the costs. Here are a few examples:

If you want to install measures worth £6,000 you will have to pay £2,000 to the installer and the voucher will cover the remaining £4,000.

If you want to install measures worth £7,500 you will have to pay £2,500 to the installer and the voucher will cover the remaining £5,000.

If you want to install measures worth £9,000 the voucher will still only cover the maximum £5,000, so you will have to pay £4,000.

The Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme is a government scheme that provides finance to homeowners to help them pay for measures that will help improve the energy efficiency of their homes.