Notice

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Wave 2.1 (closed to applications)

Funding to improve the energy performance of social homes in England.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 8 June 2022
• Last updated: 2 October 2023
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  1. 2 October 2023

     SHDF Wave 2.2 will open in November 2023.

  2. 20 April 2023

     Privacy notice updated to cover a scheme evaluation which may include people being contacted by the department or its research partners.

  3. 29 November 2022

     SHDF Wave 2.1 closed for applications and applicants are invited to provide feedback on the application process.

  4. 11 November 2022

     We have updated the Risk Register Template with a correction to one of the formulae. If you have already completed the Template, either copy the information into the updated template, or correct the formula in the original template - we have provided instructions on the page on how to do that.

  5. 7 November 2022

     The SHDF Wave 2.1 application portal is open for the submission of applications.

  6. 28 October 2022

     Competition guidance notes updated and guidance on payments (updated section 6.3 of competition guidance) added. Payment process clarification questions added.

  7. 7 October 2022

     Minor updates to the Application Form Supplementary Tables (Excel).

  8. 29 September 2022

     Competition launched: guidance and forms available for completion.

  9. 24 August 2022

     Eligibility criteria expanded to incorporate registered charities that own social housing which can now apply directly to the SHDF Wave 2.1 competition, either as a single bidder or as the lead of a consortium.

  10. 2 August 2022

      We have published final draft versions of the Wave 2.1 guidance, application form, Grant Funding Agreement, Data Sharing Agreement, Privacy Notice and clarification questions. Please send any further queries or suggestions by 12 August 2022.

  11. 20 July 2022

      SHDF Wave 2.1 guidance published.

  12. 8 June 2022

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1: Competition guidance

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Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1: Guidance on payments (updated section 6.3 of competition guidance)

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Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1: Clarification questions and responses (updated 28 October 2022)

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Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1: Summary of amendments made to final versions of Wave 2.1 documents

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Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1: Indicative timeline

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Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1: Case studies on value for money considerations for the space heating demand performance outcome

PDF, 405 KB, 9 pages

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1: privacy notice

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-housing-decarbonisation-fund-privacy-notice/0f743064-74dc-432c-a5af-479afcd2391d

Details

Applications to SHDF Wave 2.1 are now closed.

See details of the successful bids.

The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) will upgrade a significant amount of the social housing stock currently below Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C up to that standard. It will support the installation of energy performance measures in social homes in England, and help:

• deliver warm, energy efficient homes
• reduce carbon emissions
• tackle fuel poverty
• support green jobs
• develop the retrofit sector
• improve the comfort, health and well-being of social housing tenants

Overview

The SHDF Wave 2.1 competition will allocate up to £800 million of funding.

All grant funding for Wave 2.1 projects must be transferred to the grant recipient and spent by 31 March 2025. Projects may opt to deliver until 30 September 2025, where:

• the scale and ambition of the project requires this
• only co-funding is used in the final 6 months of delivery

Eligibility

Bidders

Open to:

• local authorities
• combined authorities
• registered providers of social housing (including housing associations and arms-length management organisations (ALMOs) that are registered providers)
• registered charities that own social housing

All eligible organisations could apply directly to Wave 2.1 either as single bidders or as the lead of a consortium.

The above organisations, along with ALMOs that are not registered providers, could apply as part of a consortium led by an organisation that is eligible to lead a bid.

Properties

All existing social housing as defined by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (sections 68-70), below EPC band C, regardless of archetype, are eligible.

How to apply

The Wave 2.1 competition closed to applications on 18 November 2022.

Applicants are invited to provide feedback on the application process.

Help and support

If you have any enquiries about SHDF Wave 2.1, you can email shdfwave2.applications@beis.gov.uk.

Background

The fund follows on from:

• SHDF Wave 1, which will see energy performance improvements in up to 20,000 social housing properties, reducing bills and carbon emissions
• the SHDF Demonstrator, where up to 2,000 homes are being improved to at least EPC Band C and around 1,200 local jobs supported