Solar Panels On Council Houses

[El Cid]

1 hour ago, spilldig said:

Surely all property needs solar panels so does the op assume that just because someone owns a property they can afford  to get it done, no problem?

It was the case that free solar panels were only available to those in social housing(Leeds) but the link no longer asks what type of housing. So free solar panels are available to all, posibly, in Leeds and Wakefield.

Not sure why that is. Council or Mayor funding?

 

Rent a roof panels have always been available to all, still are, as far as I am aware.

 

Better Homes Yorkshire is open to homeowners, private tenants and landlords in the Leeds City Region. Participating councils include: Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale, Wakefield, York, Craven, Harrogate and Selby.

Better Homes Yorkshire is a joint programme managed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (The LEP).

Edited January 19, 2022 by El Cid

[spilldig]

5 hours ago, cuttsie said:

Why do you assume such nonsense

Because you only mention social housing. 

[cuttsie]

2 hours ago, spilldig said:

Because you only mention social housing. 

Sheffield council  owns the social housing . that is what the post is about .

[Dromedary]

10 hours ago, El Cid said:

Better Homes Yorkshire is open to homeowners, private tenants and landlords in the Leeds City Region. Participating councils include: Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale, Wakefield, York, Craven, Harrogate and Selby.

Better Homes Yorkshire is a joint programme managed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (The LEP).

Better homes is a joint programme and does lots of things other than supply solar panels though. As this was about solar panels and as far as I can tell they are only free in some areas of Leeds and Wakefield only and are not generally available in the wider Leeds City Region.

[El Cid]

23 minutes ago, Dromedary said:

Better homes is a joint programme and does lots of things other than supply solar panels though. As this was about solar panels and as far as I can tell they are only free in some areas of Leeds and Wakefield only and are not generally available in the wider Leeds City Region.

Sheffield council did supply solar panels, but due to cuts they were scrapped in 2016.

Shefield Mayors policy is "The Strategy is based on collaboration between academia, businesses and South Yorkshire communities, and includes plans to ensure no new homes use fossil fuels by 2025."

So I assume new homes are having solar panels, but other homes will have to wait for funding from Mayor Dan Jarvis.

23 minutes ago, Dromedary said:

 

 

Edited January 19, 2022 by El Cid

[Dromedary]

2 hours ago, El Cid said:

Sheffield council did supply solar panels, but due to cuts they were scrapped in 2016.

Yep it was scrapped due to the solar subsidies given by the government being cut and also because the FIT rates were also being cut for new installations. SCC had projected that they would gain around £30 million in revenue from the FIT scheme so it was more about revenue generation than householder saving.

 

From the SCC Housing revenue account of 2015.

 

"2.6 The installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roofs of 6,000 council dwellings would reduce household bills for those homes by an average of around £200 per year and bring into the City over £30m of energy company subsidies."

 

Those subsidies relied on an extra subsidy levied on the electric unit cost that all householder's had to pay on their electric bill. Similar to the smart meter rollout we have now.

 

IIRC I believe they did install some on their own buildings but not on any tenants property.

 

[spilldig]

18 hours ago, cuttsie said:

Sheffield council  owns the social housing . that is what the post is about .

So private homes don't matter then?

[Kidorry]

10 minutes ago, spilldig said:

So private homes don't matter then?

No. You buy, so you should improve them.

[cuttsie]

8 minutes ago, spilldig said:

So private homes don't matter then?

Of course they do and people that own them improve them if they so desire then when time comes to sell they reap the benifits of those improvements inc solar panels .

Council tenants just pass the property on to the next person who pays the rent no profits involved . that is where the term social housing come from .got it !!!!!!!

[spilldig]

23 minutes ago, cuttsie said:

Of course they do and people that own them improve them if they so desire then when time comes to sell they reap the benifits of those improvements inc solar panels .

Council tenants just pass the property on to the next person who pays the rent no profits involved . that is where the term social housing come from .got it !!!!!!!

No because help should be there for anyone who needs it.