{"id":31544,"date":"2019-02-01T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=31544"},"modified":"2019-02-01T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:32:44","slug":"carbon-free-social-housing-proposed-to-end-cardiff-fuel-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/01\/carbon-free-social-housing-proposed-to-end-cardiff-fuel-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon-free housing idea to end Cardiff fuel poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31545\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31545\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Solcer-House-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nA PROPOSAL to tackle fuel poverty in Cardiff by helping social housing become carbon-free has been criticised before it has been debated in the council chamber.<br \/>\nThe plan put forward by the Liberal Democrats has been blasted as &#8220;typical fluff&#8221; by Labour, which is responsible for overseeing Cardiff&#8217;s current social housing policy.<br \/>\nCurrently 23% of Welsh households live in fuel poverty, which is when people on a low income struggle to keep their home adequately heated.<br \/>\nLib-Dems see environmental and financial benefits from their plan to make sure all social housing in Cardiff after 2022 is zero carbon with clean energy supplies.<br \/>\nLib-Dem councillor for Gabalfa, Ashley Wood, said: \u201cWe want the council to get social housing to zero carbon and energy efficient with energy minimalised as much as possible.<br \/>\n\u201cBecoming zero carbon is hugely important and the council need to do something about this problem, but the council doesn\u2019t seem to be doing anything in this direction of getting housing to zero carbon \u2013 becoming zero carbon is the next step we want to take.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is the environmental impact that this would have but there is also the fuel poverty element \u2013 one of the contributors to fuel poverty is the cost of energy on people in low-income housing.\u201d<br \/>\nCoun Wood gave Solcer House as an example of how to build zero carbon houses for low prices.\u00a0The building was a project developed Cardiff University&#8217;s School of Architecture.<br \/>\n\u201cSolcer House is a demonstration in building energy positive housing \u2013 the houses would effectively have very low energy bills over the year,&#8221; said Dr Joanne Peterson of Cardiff University.<br \/>\n\u201cFuel poverty would cease as housing like this would get rid of the need for high costing bills in social housing.\u201d<br \/>\nCoun Wood later added that: \u201cPeople think it would be expensive \u2013 but after looking towards Solcer House it is clear that this can be done in a cost-effective way.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, the motion drew criticism from Labour councillor Michael Michael of Trowbridge, who said: \u201cThe motion was completely useless, the problem with it was that it could not actually deliver on what it was promising.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Liberal Democrats were asking us to bring in this zero carbon plan for 2022 \u2013 which just isn\u2019t financially possible.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is typical Lib-Dem nonsense to try and come up with something like this, our council is working very hard to reduce energy around Cardiff.<br \/>\n\u201cTheir idea sounds OK until you actually look in to it, it is quite clear they hadn\u2019t done much research into this topic and as to what we are actually trying to do in relation to cutting carbon down.<br \/>\n&#8220;Cardiff Living which is our social housing scheme is cutting down as much carbon as possible in the houses that are being built.<br \/>\n\u201cWe work very hard with this problem \u2013 they haven\u2019t looked at our policies.\u201d<br \/>\nThe plans were to be debated in a council meeting on January 31 which was cancelled due to adverse weather.<br \/>\nThe plan will now be debated at a later date, which is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PROPOSAL to tackle fuel poverty in Cardiff by helping social housing become carbon-free has been criticised before it has been debated in the council chamber. The plan put forward by the Liberal Democrats has been blasted as &#8220;typical fluff&#8221; by Labour, which is responsible for overseeing Cardiff&#8217;s current social housing policy. Currently 23% of Welsh households live in fuel poverty, which is when people on a low income struggle to keep their home adequately heated. 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