Housing · data story

The cost of a warm home

Fuel poverty, damp, energy efficiency and consumption expose different parts of the struggle to keep a home warm.

The evidence

What the current releases show

Updated 2 Aug 2026

Fuel poverty · 2024

Highest published value in this view

21.3%

Hammersmith and Fulham 001E

London median: 9.25%

The modelled percentage of households in fuel poverty at neighbourhood level.

Efficient homes

This release has not been ingested on this deployment. No number is substituted.

The share of lodged domestic EPC certificates rated C or better.

Caveat: EPC lodgements are not a census of every dwelling.

Modelled damp · 2024

Highest published value in this view

11.9%

City of London

London median: 6.51%

Local-authority modelled estimates of homes affected by damp.

Domestic gas use

This release has not been ingested on this deployment. No number is substituted.

Mean domestic gas consumption per meter by borough.

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Keep following the evidence

Housing · 3 evidence sets

The same rent is a very different burden depending on where London pay lands.

A target, an approval, a start and a completed home are not interchangeable stages.

Rent, possession action, temporary accommodation and rough sleeping mark different points in London’s housing emergency.