Social housing gets second chance to tap renewable heat funding

Jessica Shankleman
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Government to launch two £2.5m competitions to boost use of renewable heat generation by social housing projects

Social housing landlords have been given another chance to bid for a share of a multimillion-pound government fund designed to reduce the upfront costs of installing renewable heating systems, such as...

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