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08/08/2013
8,000 Homes To Benefit From £6m Boiler Fund
A total of £6m is being released by the Department for Social Development to fund a boiler replacement scheme.
The move could see 8,000 more homes fitted with a new boiler, bringing the total number of homes likely to benefit from the scheme from 16,000 to 24,000.
The extra funding has been secured from the European Regional Development Fund.
More than 6,500 households across Northern Ireland have already had new boilers installed since Housing Minister Nelson McCausland announced the scheme in September last year.
"This scheme has been hugely successful, with on average around 600 installations a month," the Minister said.
"I am delighted that this additional money will see many more of those most in need benefiting. In less than a year, more than 6,500 homes have had new boilers installed, each one seeing an increase in thermal efficiency. More than 70 per cent of those with new boilers are also on lower incomes, exactly the kind of people I wanted to support.
"With this additional money now in place, I want to encourage others to take advantage of these possible savings – potentially £2700 over ten years in an average three bedroom semi-detached house. With such good weather, now is the ideal time to get the work done and I would encourage anyone whose household income is less than £40,000 a year with an inefficient boiler of at least 15 years, to contact the Housing Executive on 03448 920900."
The scheme offers owner occupiers a grant of up to £1,000 to replace inefficient boilers with energy efficient condensing oil or gas boilers, to switch from oil to gas or to switch to a wood pellet boiler.
The Minister continued: "The Housing Executive has also issued almost 11,000 approval forms and I would encourage those who have received one and have not had their work completed to contact their installer now and arrange to do so."
(IT/JP)
The move could see 8,000 more homes fitted with a new boiler, bringing the total number of homes likely to benefit from the scheme from 16,000 to 24,000.
The extra funding has been secured from the European Regional Development Fund.
More than 6,500 households across Northern Ireland have already had new boilers installed since Housing Minister Nelson McCausland announced the scheme in September last year.
"This scheme has been hugely successful, with on average around 600 installations a month," the Minister said.
"I am delighted that this additional money will see many more of those most in need benefiting. In less than a year, more than 6,500 homes have had new boilers installed, each one seeing an increase in thermal efficiency. More than 70 per cent of those with new boilers are also on lower incomes, exactly the kind of people I wanted to support.
"With this additional money now in place, I want to encourage others to take advantage of these possible savings – potentially £2700 over ten years in an average three bedroom semi-detached house. With such good weather, now is the ideal time to get the work done and I would encourage anyone whose household income is less than £40,000 a year with an inefficient boiler of at least 15 years, to contact the Housing Executive on 03448 920900."
The scheme offers owner occupiers a grant of up to £1,000 to replace inefficient boilers with energy efficient condensing oil or gas boilers, to switch from oil to gas or to switch to a wood pellet boiler.
The Minister continued: "The Housing Executive has also issued almost 11,000 approval forms and I would encourage those who have received one and have not had their work completed to contact their installer now and arrange to do so."
(IT/JP)
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