Fuel Poverty is one of the five key national housing priorities. It is defined in the Scottish Government’s Fuel Poverty Statement 2002:
“A household is in fuel poverty if, in order to maintain a satisfactory heating regime, it would be required to spend more than 10% of its income (including Housing Benefit or Income Support for Mortgage Interest) on all household fuel use.”
The national target is to eliminate Fuel Poverty in Scotland by 2016. The Scottish Government published a review of Fuel Poverty in Scotland on 22 May 2008, which examines current progress in achieving this target.
Glasgow’s Fuel Poverty Strategy May 2005 sets out an Action Plan to achieve this target. The Fuel Poverty Strategy Monitoring Report 2006/07 was submitted to the Development and Regeneration Services Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee on 29 January 2008 and gives an up-to-date position on Glasgow's Fuel Poverty Strategy and Action Plan.
Glasgow’s Fuel Poverty Partnership was established in February 2007, involving key organisations from statutory and voluntary sectors, utilities and housing providers with a shared ambition of eliminating Fuel Poverty, and achieving better outcomes by working together. Glasgow’s Fuel Poverty Partnership Declaration has been signed by all Partner organisations.
The Partnership has three key priorities:
Our Fuel Poverty Strategy has particularly close links to:
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