Official Statistics

Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund statistics - March 2026

Published 26 March 2026

Applies to England

Introduction

The government has published its Warm Homes Plan to upgrade up to 5 million homes by 2030. The Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH:SHF) is part of this plan, installing energy efficiency upgrades and low-carbon heating measures in English social housing. The scheme provides funding to local authorities, combined authorities, registered providers of social housing, and registered charities that own social housing in England.

WH:SHF was formerly known as SHDF Wave 3. Draft Guidance for this scheme was published on Monday 13 May 2024, and social housing landlords had the opportunity to ask clarification questions by mid-June 2024. The delivery window opened in April 2025.

Further details on the WH:SHF can be found in the scheme’s guidance.

What you need to know about these statistics

The data contained in these statistics is based on lodgement data submitted by 21 of 138 participating Grant Recipients by mid-March 2026, reporting activity to the end of February 2026.

All figures in this publication are provisional and subject to revision. Previous schemes have seen significant revisions to early publications, and we expect to see the same for the WH:SHF. We have identified issues with Grant Recipients under-reporting completed measures and are working to mitigate this. These figures are an accurate representation of reporting from Grant Recipients, but are likely to significantly under-report actual activity.

We have added regional install volumes (Table 3 of the accompanying tables) and a column showing which Grant Recipients have reported lodgements for this release (the GR tab of the accompanying tables).

Key statistics

Total Homes Upgraded

• This publication is based on returns submitted by mid-March 2026 covering reporting activity to the end of February 2026. To date there have been 900 measures installed across 500 households through the WH:SHF. These figures are an accurate representation of GR reporting, but are likely to significantly undercount actual delivery.

Figure 1:  Cumulative number of homes upgraded by month under WH:SHF

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 1 of the accompanying tables.

Delivery by Measure Type

• Across WH:SHF, Solar PV was the most common type of measure, accounting for 45% of installations. Insulation measures accounted for around 34% of WH:SHF measures followed by Low Carbon Heating (17%) measures as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Type of measures installed in WH:SHF

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 2 of the accompanying tables. Other Insulation includes Cavity Wall Insulation, Solid Wall Insulation and Flat Roof Insulation. Other LCH/Electricity Related include all other forms of low carbon heating/electricity related measures not listed.

Delivery by Region

• The East Midlands region has the most homes upgraded through WH:SHF (40% of total WH:SHF homes), with the South East (25%) and East (11%), also containing a higher proportion of homes upgraded. Please note the regions have significantly different populations and participating grant recipients.

Annex: Further information

Next publication date

The next publication date is 30 April 2026.

Scheme information

More information on the WH:SHF scheme can be found in the scheme’s guidance.

Accompanying tables

Tables showing number of measures installed and households upgraded under WH:SHF are available online. The tables also contain information on methodology and data quality.

Revisions policy

The Department’s statistical revisions policy sets out the revisions policy for these statistics, which has been developed in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics.

User engagement

Users are encouraged to provide comments and feedback on how these statistics are used and how well they meet user needs. Comments on any issues relating to this statistical release are welcomed and should be sent to: EnergyEfficiency.Stats@energysecurity.gov.uk.

Pre-release access to statistics

Some ministers and officials receive access to these Official Statistics up to 24 hours before release. Details of the arrangements for doing this and a list of the ministers and officials that receive pre-release access to these statistics can be found in the Department’s statement of compliance with the Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Contact

Responsible statisticians: Nick Dann and Christine Cheung

Email: EnergyEfficiency.Stats@energysecurity.gov.uk

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