Government urged to offer interest-free loans to unlock housing retrofit boom

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New Economics Foundation warns government will miss targets under Warm Homes Plan without subsidised loan scheme

The government will struggle to meet the estimated £315bn cost of retrofitting the UK's housing stock unless it provides interest-free loans to middle income households to help enable green retrofit projects....

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