We are pleased to announce that Shelter has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance, for warm homes and lower bills. Shelter works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing.
The Energy Bill Revolution is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent way to drive down energy bills and end fuel poverty.
From next year the Government will be collecting over £2 billion in carbon tax every year, rising to £4 billion by 2020 and £7 billion by 2027. Recycled back into energy efficiency programmes, this would be enough to super-insulate more than 600,000 homes a year, bringing 9 out of 10 homes out of fuel poverty. It could also quadruple carbon emission savings from households compared to the government’s new energy efficiency policies and create up to 200,000 more jobs – exactly what we need to support the UK’s economic recovery.
Shelter’s Director of Communications, Policy and Campaigns Kay Boycott said:
“Each day Shelter sees families forced to make tough choices between heating their home, putting a decent meal on the table or paying for the roof over their head. As a result, every two minutes someone in Britain is at risk of losing their home. This is why we support the Energy Bill Revolution to help struggling households to bring down their costs.”
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