Fuel Poverty

More than 400 charities, organisations and advisers have signed up to refer Scots struggling with their energy bills to a £4 million support fund.

Failure to take meaningful action to arrest a 54% hike in fuel bills will cause a decline in mental and physical health, and ultimately an increase in deaths, governments have been warned.

West Dunbartonshire Council’s pioneering heating network has been shortlisted for another prestigious national award.

Families in Glasgow’s Govan have been given a winter warmer with the launch of a £40,000 voucher scheme to combat soaring fuel bills. Three housing associations in Govan – Linthouse, Govan and Elderpark have come together to create the Govan Energy Advice Project.

Over 380,000 people in Scotland cite their home being hard to heat as a reason for finding their energy bills unaffordable, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) reveals.

The twin stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic and the significant turbulence in the UK energy market must be tackled to address fuel poverty according to a letter issued by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee.

A £3 million support fund has been launched to help Scots struggling with their energy bills amid a growing cost-of-living crisis. The Scottish Government scheme, which is administered by national advice service Advice Direct Scotland, is designed to prevent households falling into fuel povert

Duncan Smith of the Passivhaus Trust and the Association for Environment Conscious Building introduces a series of articles for Scottish Housing News that will focus on the importance of retrofitting and new build housing to ensure we end fuel poverty and mitigate the worst effects of climate c

Zero carbon buildings minister Patrick Harvie has highlighted help for householders across Scotland to make their homes more energy efficient in 2022, to help tackle climate change and combat the impact of rising energy prices. Increased funding is available this year through a variety of home energ

Around 640,000 people in Scotland – about one in seven - find their energy bills unaffordable as a result of low incomes, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found. Polling for CAS by YouGov reveals 36% of adults in Scotland find their energy bills unaffordable. Of these peopl

A new strategy has been published to make homes safer, warmer and cheaper to heat and meet the Scottish Government’s commitment to eradicate it as far as reasonably possible by 2040. The Fuel Poverty Strategy 2021 sets out a range of comprehensive actions that will be taken to tackle the drive

Almost half a million people in Scotland have cut back on food spending to afford energy bills, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Proposals to provide almost £3 million to help households in fuel poverty in Highland this winter have been approved by members at the meeting of the full Highland Council on Friday.

Fuel poverty campaign groups Energy Action Scotland and National Energy Action are backing a new Bill being introduced in the House of Commons today that proposes an additional monetary payment for eligible people across the UK to help with winter fuel costs.

Proposals to provide almost £3 million to help households in fuel poverty in Highland this winter will be considered by members at the meeting of full council on December 9. If agreed, a payment of £180 would be made to around 16,440 eligible Highland households where residents are in re