Labour ministers back fuel poverty campaign

The final countdown

Last week the government placed a stick of dynamite under social landlords’ sustainability plans with a shock cut to the feed-in tariff. Nick Duxbury examines the fallout

Rally against fuel poverty

Leading housing and sustainability figures have rallied to support Green Light, Inside Housing’s new campaign to secure social landlords’ access to vital green subsidies so the sector can protect tenants from fuel poverty.

Tariff cut leaves solar plans on the scrapheap

The sun set on landlords’ solar ambitions this week as an unexpectedly savage cut to a subsidy payment for solar photovoltaic panels left the majority of social housing PV schemes unviable.

Fighting FIT

Fuel poverty campaign hits House of Commons

Inside Housing lobbied parliament this week after the UK’s first Green Party MP tabled an early day motion to the House of Commons to support our Green Light campaign.

Window of opportunity

Last month’s court ruling means landlords may have a few weeks to claim the pre-cut feed-in tariff rate, says Rob Beiley, partner at Trowers & Hamlins

Beating the solar deadline

Landlords have a limited time to cash in as subsidy switches from big to small-scale solar panel schemes. Laurence Lacey, associate at Clarke Willmott, explains

Panel priorities

Landlords must act fast to salvage what they can from photovoltaic deals before the feed-in tariff is cut, says Rob Beiley

Up on the roof

Councils must consider the impact of photovoltaic panels on right to buy sales, says Linda Storey

Green guru

The delivery of sustainable homes is a global problem and providers in the UK can learn a lot from their counterparts around the world, says Neil Jefferson