The organisation has reviewed the Warm Homes Plan, published by the government on 20th January 2026, ensuring that all relevant strategies are aligned with it.  This could include:

• Preparing to make bids for further waves of the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund, or the Optimised Retrofit Programme for associations in Wales, to fund energy efficiency improvements, including passive cooling measures— this could include submitting joint bids with other associations in the same region through the net zero hub
• Applying to low-cost financing schemes, including those benefitting from guarantees from the National Wealth Fund, to help meet the rest of the costs
• Working with other social landlords to set up area-based retrofit schemes to make the process as efficient as possible
• Ensuring that the costs of complying with the Future Homes Standard are incorporated into financial plans and development appraisals, while setting up processes to provide assurance on compliance with its requirements
• Undertaking further installations of PV panels, while taking advantage of initiatives in the Plan to fund these programmes and reduce their costs, and considering setting up ‘zero bills’ tariff arrangements with suppliers 
• Ensuring that asset management strategies are fully funded to enable all homes to meet minimum energy efficiency standards, including any market rent portfolios. 

It has also reviewed the call for evidence on the proposed Warm Homes Fund to identify potential opportunities for funding of energy efficiency measures for its new or existing homes.  These could include:

• Using loans from the Warm Homes Fund in conjunction with grant funding from the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund to speed up the deployment of retrofit programmes 
• Using revenue sharing models to fund the installation of low-carbon technologies, such as rooftop solar and battery storage, that will both reduce energy costs for tenants and generate a return for investors, with loans from the Warm Homes Fund used to meet initial equipment and installation costs.