Warm Homes Plan: Who’s Eligible and What You Can Get In 2025

The Warm Homes Plan is a new government initiative to help UK homeowners make their homes more energy-efficient and comfortable. It only launched in spring 2025, so many residents are still learning what this scheme means, who qualifies, and what it covers.

This is your comprehensive guide to all the above. Learn about the initiative, its features, and who qualifies for the Warm Homes Plan below.

The Warm Homes Plan is a UK government social and energy efficiency initiative to help residents save money on their energy bills and keep their homes warmer and healthier. The initiative aims to bring more than 1 million homes out of fuel poverty by 2030.

It’s government-funded and locally enacted to deliver on the initiative's promise. Local authorities provide grants to applicants for upgrades to energy performance, like solar batteries, and low-carbon heating. The grant covers the upgrades at no cost to the residents, and once completed, it helps low-income families save on their energy bills and carbon usage. 

The Warm Homes Plan has several different components, including local grants, large-scale boiler upgrades, boosting minimum energy standards, and additional support for low-income households.

The Warm Homes: Local Grant is the primary benefit for residents and includes two categories of upgrades: energy performance upgrades and low-carbon heating upgrades.

The grant provides residents with up to £15,000 for energy performance upgrades. This money can go toward projects such as insulation, draughtproofing, solar PV, and battery storage like the EcoFlow Power Ocean (Single-Phase). The goal of these enhancements is to increase household EPCs to level C, if possible. 

Up to an additional £15,000 is available to install or upgrade air/ground source heat pumps for low-carbon heating. These enhancements are encouraged for houses that are off the gas grid.

Beyond that, there’s also the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. This provides up to £7,500 to install air, ground, and biomass heat pumps and boilers, reducing the cost of low-carbon heating equipment.

Another component is the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3, which allocated £1.2 billion to the annual budget from 2025 to 2028 to be distributed to social housing tenants by their landlords.

Additional low-income household support is also available through other financial schemes, like the Warm Homes Discount, which will reopen in October 2025. The electricity supplier provides a one-off savings of £150 on your electricity bill. Eligible residents will automatically receive the discount on their bill, so there’s no need to apply unless you’re on a low-income benefit in Scotland.

Finally, the incentive aims to improve minimum energy standards, raising the required energy efficiency rating for rented houses over the next few years. Current proposals suggest making EPC Band C the minimum standard by 2030.

Homeowners and renters in England can benefit from the Warm Homes Plan if their house has an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) between D and G, and they meet one of the following requirements:

• A total household income of £36,000 or less
• Already receive benefits such as the Universal Credit or Housing Benefit
• Live in deprived areas

Residents in houses on or off the gas grid can qualify. Landlords are also eligible for upgrades to their properties and lower tenant bills. However, landlords can only receive 100% funding for their first property; any properties beyond that will only receive 50% funding.

Have a pre-pay or pay-as-you-go electric meter? You can still qualify! Contact your electricity supplier for details about how you’ll receive the discount.

Households can check their eligibility online. Approved applications will be sent to the appropriate local authority or contractor, who will handle the distribution. Alternatively, residents can contact their local authority directly for more support.

Note that eligible residents will only receive a benefit if their local council still has the funding available. If approved, your local authority will arrange a home inspection to determine how to make the home more energy efficient. Potential improvement updates include air source heat pumps, smart controls, solar panels, quality home batteries (which can maximise your solar power), and insulation. Once the local council and residents agree upon the projects, the council will organise and cover the cost of the improvement work.

While the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) does not automatically qualify you for the Warm Homes Discount, it does not disqualify you. Households receiving PIP may or may not be eligible for the Warm Homes Discount. It’s best to check online to see if you qualify.

You can apply for the Warm Homes Grant through the Gov.uk website. Type in Warm Homes: Local Grant in the top right search tool and select the second result that says “Apply for the Warm Homes: Local Grant to improve a home.” Scroll halfway down the page to see a green “Start now” button to check your eligibility and apply.

Yes, the Warm Homes: Local Grant is currently available to low-income households in England with poor energy performance ratings. The Warm Homes Discount Scheme is closed but will reopen in October 2025. The grant will be available through March 2028.

The Warm Homes Plan is an exciting new incentive for UK low-income households to improve home energy efficiency and make energy bills more affordable. Though it comprises several components, the most popular is the Warm Homes: Local Grant, which provides up to £30,000 total in upgrades for energy efficiency, like solar battery storage, and non-carbon heating (£15,000 each). The Warm Homes Discount Scheme also provides a one-time energy bill discount, and other initiatives further support low-income residents.

If approved for the Warm Homes Grant, consider making your home more efficient by adding the EcoFlow Power Ocean (Three-Phase) to your solar setup to store excess energy and harness your energy independence.