"A government-backed scheme to fit homes with external wall insulation has left thousands of households worse off as they face damp, mould and other serious health hazards, the spending watchdog has found. Almost all homes fitted with insulation under the government's Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme need major issues fixing due to poor government oversight, the National Audit Office (NAO) said. Designed to improve energy efficiency and lower household costs, the tens of thousands of households that were meant to benefit from the scheme are now instead waiting"
"Some 98 per cent of the homes which had external wall insulation installed under the government programme around 22,000 to 23,000 dwellings have major issues that will cause problems such as damp and mould, and require work to correct, the report found. Almost all homes meant to benefit from a government-backed scheme are instead facing serious issues (Getty/iStock) It added that 9,000 to 13,000 homes with internal insulation, some 29 per cent that had the measures fitted, also have major iss"
A government-backed scheme to fit homes with external wall insulation has left thousands of households worse off, with damp, mould and other serious health hazards. Almost all homes fitted under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme require major corrective work due to poor government oversight. The National Audit Office found around 98% of externally insulated homes — about 22,000 to 23,000 dwellings — have defects that will cause problems and need repairs. The scheme aimed to improve energy efficiency and lower household costs, but tens of thousands of households are now waiting for repairs on inadequate installations. Internal insulation issues affect 9,000 to 13,000 homes, approximately 29% of those fitted.
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