Warm Homes Local Grant

Local authority funding (formerly HUG2) covering insulation, low-carbon heat and solar for off-gas-grid, low-income households.

The Warm Homes Local Grant replaced the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) in April 2025. Cornwall Council received around £18m in the 2025-2028 wave, focused on rural off-gas-grid properties heated by oil, LPG, electric storage heaters or solid fuel.

Qualifying households can receive fully funded retrofit including loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, external wall insulation, solar PV, battery storage and an air source heat pump. Income thresholds apply (around £36,000 gross household income, with regional cost-of-living adjustments) and the property must be EPC D, E, F or G with no mains gas connection.

This grant is particularly relevant in Cornwall where roughly 30% of homes are off the gas grid. Apply via Cornwall Council's Community Energy Plus partner or call CCS on 01209 596 002 and we can refer you. More detail on our grants page.