Retro Fit Eco-Housing Scheme Cancelled
03 November 2009
Responding to the Government cutting 20% of housing finance, the Regional Assembly has cancelled a £4.8 million project to reduce carbon emissions in the private housing sector. This move follows an earlier decision to defer for another year a plan to provide house-owner loans to finance energy-saving measures.
The Regional Assembly Housing Panel was obliged to axe this project because preparatory work had been delayed once Government spending reductions had been signalled by Ministers.
Speaking after the meeting, Green Party Panel member councillor John Matthissen, who voted against the cut, said:
"Climate change is still not being accorded a high priority in Westminster or at the Regional level. Deferring action once again will make a solution more and more expensive, and it will now be difficult to achieve projected cuts in emissions. "
Apart from the climate change issue, the Green Party has for years advocated energy-efficiency measures because they would create many more skilled and semi-skilled jobs, now needed to halt the rise in unemployment.
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