LEFT OUT IN THE COLD THE HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS OF COLD HOMES

LEFT OUT IN THE COLD THE HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS OF COLD HOMES Executive summary 1 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD – THE HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS OF COLD HOMES Published February 2024 UCL Institute of Health Equity University College London 1-19 Torrington Place London WC1E 6BT 2 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD – THE HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS OF COLD HOMES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Report writing team A. [...] Michael Marmot Professor Sir Michael Marmot CH Director UCL Institute of Health Equity 4 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD – THE HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS OF COLD HOMES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2011 the Institute of Health Equity (IHE) was commissioned by Friends of the Earth to review and publish the evidence on cold homes and health and to make recommendations as to what needs to be done1. [...] In addition, 28 per cent of young between 2011 and 2022 the numbers in fuel poverty, in people are likely to be at risk of multiple mental health England, doubled and were projected to increase further symptoms due to living in a cold home, compared to in 2023 so that 12 million households would have spent four per cent of children living in adequate warmth9. [...] It is evident that the cost to Overall, this means that a one-off 10-year programme society has the potential to be significantly higher than of investment in housing insulation of £60 billion, as £15 billion and higher again when extrapolated to the the Labour Party originally suggested in its’ Green 9.6 million homes accross the UK. [...] The current government has recently a recent financial estimate of the impact of carbon pledged £6 billion for the three-year period from 2025 7 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD – THE HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS OF COLD HOMES to 2028, equating to £2 billion a year to retrofit the Fuel and property prices need to move public estate, schools, hospitals, and social housing; closer to the European average while welcome,.