Liberal Democrats Green Policies :GREEN HOMES BILL
Liberal Democrats have announced plans to introduce a new Green Homes Bill which would insulate up to 10 million homes by 2025. Under the plans set out for the next Parliament, homeowners would also be offered a Council Tax discount of at least £100 a year for ten years for making their homes greener. These measures would improve energy efficiency, promote renewable heat and help people benefit from warmer homes and cheaper energy bills. The Green Homes Bill would build on the success of Liberal Democrat policies delivered in government to make homes warmer and more energy efficient. These include legislating for Zero Carbon Homes in new build developments, introducing regulations to ban landlords from renting out energy inefficient homes from 2018, passing a new fuel strategy and making more than one million homes more energy efficient in two years thanks to ECO and the Green Deal. The Bill would build on these achievements and incentivise people to insulate their homes by: