ACTION being taken by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to help people and businesses with the cost-of-living crisis will be discussed at the next Climate, Energy and Environment committee meeting.
A report prepared ahead of the committee sets out how West Yorkshire will be hit harder than other parts of the UK by the rise in energy prices – despite recent intervention by the government.
Homes in West Yorkshire are typically less energy efficient than the national average and it is estimated that 30 per cent of the region’s households will be in fuel poverty by October - even with the energy price cap.
Earlier this year, the Combined Authority secured money from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to install energy saving measures such as external wall insulation and double glazing in more than 1,300 rented homes.
The committee meeting takes place on Tuesday at 2pm. For full details visit the West Yorkshire Combined Authority website.
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