Walsall HECA report on fuel poverty

What fuel poverty means

Fuel poverty is about not being able to afford to heat your home properly.

In England, we use the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) measure.

You may be in fuel poverty if both of these apply:

• Your home has a low energy efficiency rating (band D or below)
• After heating your home, you do not have enough money left to live on

What we are doing to help

We work with partners to help people in Walsall stay warm and reduce energy costs.

We support home improvements and advice to make homes safer, warmer and more energy efficient.

Our work includes:

• Helping to fix poor or unlawful energy performance certificates
• Bringing energy efficiency funding into Walsall
• Securing grants like the Warm Homes local grant
• Supporting housing providers to improve social housing through national funding

Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) report

We publish a HECA report with our partners.

This report shows how we are working to reduce:

• Fuel poverty
• Cold‑related illness and winter deaths
• Carbon emissions from homes

It also sets out what we will do next. You can read the latest HECA report (July 2022).

Local housing and fuel poverty data

Fuel poverty in Walsall is also covered in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). This gives local information about housing conditions across the borough.