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Invested £12m to improve peoples’ homes
Since the transfer almost £12m has been invested into improving tenants’ homes, not only ensuring properties meet the decent homes standard, but going above and beyond. This has not only modernised homes, but helped reduce fuel poverty through the installation of modern heating systems and energy efficient boilers.
We’ve made nearly 3,000 home improvements, including:
| Improvement | Total | Investment value |
| Kitchens | 567 | £2,000,000 |
| Bathrooms | 387 | £900,000 |
| Rewires | 173 | £430,000 |
| Windows | 517 | £2,000,000 |
| External doors | 438 | £300,000 |
| Roofs | 315 | £2,500,000 |
| Heating | 546 | £2,000,000 |
| Renewable heating air source heat pump systems | 103 | £740,000 |
| Foot path replacements or improvements | 153 | £300,000 |
| Fencing replacements | 203 | £400,000 |
Invested over £8.5m to develop new homes
Increasing affordable housing has always an absolute priority for THA and since transfer over £8.5m has been invested in the development of 72 new homes across the area.
