Greens’ retrofit ambition praised amid scepticism about 150,000 social homes pledge

By Daniel Gayne2024-06-13T08:04:00

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The Green Party’s manifesto has been greeted with a mixed reception from the built environment, with praise for its ambition on retrofit offset by questions around the achievability of its housing plans.

Party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay launched their platform this morning at the Sussex country cricket ground in Hove this morning, promising a five-year programme of retrofit investments worth nearly £50bn in total.

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