{"id":44780,"date":"2025-12-02T16:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44780"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:48:40","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-failings-at-every-level-resulted-in-botched-insulation-scheme-mps-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44780","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: &#8216;Failings at every level&#8217; resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5_Commitments_Damp_image_021225.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5_Commitments_Damp_image_021225-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5_Commitments_Damp_image_021225-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5_Commitments_Damp_image_021225-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5_Commitments_Damp_image_021225-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5_Commitments_Damp_image_021225.png 1527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: IHBC<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A botched net zero scheme which has caused damp issues in thousands of homes was the result of &#8216;serious failings at every level\u2019, a UK government official has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217; health and safety had been put at immediate risk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yp4qllxv1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more background see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44721\">IHBC\u2019s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led \u20185 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation\u2019\u2026 From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See<\/em><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/aboutmain\/ParliamentaryBriefings\/index.html\">HERE<\/a><em> <\/em><em>for research and related references and links<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/aboutmain\/ParliamentaryBriefings\/FB\/index.html\">HERE<\/a> <em>for \u2018IHBC\u2019s 5 Commitments\u2019 in detail<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See more on the IHBC\u2019s<\/em><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/resources_head\/creative_conservation_fund\/index.html\">CREATIVE Conservation Fund<\/a> which helped fund the independent research report <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/aboutmain\/ParliamentaryBriefings\/HeritageSkills\/index.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: IHBC A botched net zero scheme which has caused damp issues in thousands of homes was the result of &#8216;serious failings at every level\u2019, a UK government official has said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,30,23,9,11,14,16,22],"class_list":["post-44780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-environment","tag-expertise","tag-government","tag-housing","tag-insulation","tag-planning","tag-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44783,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44780\/revisions\/44783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}