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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

‘Life changing’: the social housing helping to cut heating bills in Norwich

Norwich’s award-winning environmentally and socially conscious Goldsmith Street council housing project as colder temperatures hit amid the country’s energy cost concerns.
Norwich’s award-winning environmentally and socially conscious Goldsmith Street council housing project. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian

Even on the coldest day of the winter so far, tenants of a pioneering housing scheme say they do not need to turn on their heating. A blast of Arctic air has brought a dusting of snow to the Goldsmith Street housing scheme in Norwich, but inside “it’s like summer”, according to Jayed Abdas Samad, 32, a Just Eat delivery rider.

At a time of health fears for more than 3 million households struggling to pay for heating, Jayed and his neighbours can provide a glimpse of how much better it would be if the UK’s homes were properly insulated and ventilated.

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