ACRE calls for key outcomes from Green Deal inquiry

Leading rural network ACRE has called for five key outcomes from a Commons inquiry into the delivery of the Government’s energy-saving initiatives for homes.

Nick Chase, Director of Policy and Research at ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England), spoke out after giving evidence based on a survey of ACRE’s Network of England’s 38 rural community councils to the Committee’s Green Deal Watching Brief inquiry.

Mr Chase said: "Green Deal has been very hard to sell to rural households. Our recent England-wide survey has suggested that the concept of the scheme is difficult for people to understand. People are concerned about the high cost of the loan, the uncertainty of how much pay-back in energy savings they will receive and the fact that the ‘debt’ of the loan stays with the property until repaid and this could affect the resale value of the house."

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