Emh is one of the largest providers of affordable homes in the East Midlands
The recent allocation of Wave 2.1 of the government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund has seen £778m offered to 107 projects. Among the recipients were emh group.
Now, the East Midlands-based affordable homes provider has announced how its local residents will benefit from the more than £3.5m it received in funding.
The money will fund improvements in more than 300 homes in north-west Leicester, south Derbyshire, Erewash and Ashfield. These homes will undergo works to add external wall insulation over the next two years.
This is the second time emh group has been awarded SHDF funding, with the previous Wave 1 award being used to improve 73 homes in Blaby.
Chan Kataria, Chief Executive at emh group, said:”We’re proud to have been awarded further funding from the SHDF, which will help us to bring the benefits of a more energy efficient homes to over 300 households and support our commitment to decarbonisation.”