Warnings of thousands of excess deaths this winter as official data highlights plight of most vulnerable
England
A government spokesman, when approached for comment, described the lack of central heating in homes as “completely unacceptable” but ministers stand accused of failing those living in the worst conditions. Holly Holder, the deputy director for homes at the Centre for Ageing Better, said: “The number of homes without central heating in England is truly shocking. We have among the worst and least efficient homes in western Europe and often it is older people who have to reside in these subpar properties.
One in five of excess deaths in England are related to cold homes, with the UK as a whole said to have among the oldest and poorest quality housing stock in western Europe.Survey, has highlighted the poor state of the country’s private rental sector, in particular, with 23% of private rentals failing to meet the decent homes standard in 2021-22. That compares with just 13% of owner-occupied homes, and 10% of social housing.
Matt Copeland, the head of policy at the fuel poverty charity National Energy Action, said there had been a failure to help the poorest households retrofit their homes, leaving them reliant on expensive and inefficient electric heaters in many cases.
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