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Reform taxation to incentivise owners to retrofit private homes, says RIBA

By and Joey Gardiner2021-03-30T08:56:00

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RIBA president Alan Jones has accused the government of “failing to grasp the scale of the problem” as it brings its troubled Green Homes Grant scheme to an abrupt halt.

Wholescale reform of the taxation system is required to incentivise well-off owners to retrofit their homes if 20 million properties are to be brought up to standard, he said.

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