Financial plans incorporate prudent assumptions about the net cost of improving or replacing homes in order to achieve EPC Band C by 2030 and net zero carbon by 2050, including the amount of financial support that will be available from the government.   This takes into account the estimated average cost of achieving Band C set out in the English Housing Survey.  It will potentially result in a reduction in development capacity.  

The organisation has considered putting together alternative plans to demonstrate the positive impact of additional grant funding on the pace at which they could deliver new affordable homes and bring existing properties up to modern standards, as well as delaying the achievement of net zero carbon beyond 2050 if government funding is below the expectations in the base case.