IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Failings at every level’ resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told

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A botched net zero scheme which has caused damp issues in thousands of homes was the result of ‘serious failings at every level’, a UK government official has said.

BBC News writes:

Last month, the National Audit Office found that 98% of the 23,000 homes that had external wall insulation installed under two separate schemes will result in damp and mould if left unaddressed. Its damning report also found that hundreds of homeowners’ health and safety had been put at immediate risk

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For more background see:

IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit

See HERE for research and related references and links

See HERE for ‘IHBC’s 5 Commitments’ in detail

See more on the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund which helped fund the independent research report HERE