{"schemaVersion":"1.0","type":"DataStory","id":"the-cost-of-a-warm-home","title":"The cost of a warm home","description":"Fuel poverty, damp, energy efficiency and consumption expose different parts of the struggle to keep a home warm.","introduction":"A low-energy home is not automatically affordable, and high consumption can reflect a large dwelling rather than comfort. This story holds modelled housing condition, certificates, metered use and fuel-poverty estimates apart while asking where they overlap.","category":"Housing","canonical":"https://londongraph.com/story/the-cost-of-a-warm-home","markdown":"https://londongraph.com/story/the-cost-of-a-warm-home/index.html.md","updatedAt":"2026-08-02T22:02:50.900Z","caveat":"These measures use different dwelling universes and model years. Energy consumption is not a direct measure of comfort, hardship or household behaviour.","evidence":[{"dataset":"fuel-poverty-neighbourhoods","graphSlug":"fuel-poverty-neighbourhoods","label":"Fuel poverty","text":"The modelled percentage of households in fuel poverty at neighbourhood level.","shape":"area","metric":"fuel_poor_percent","unit":"%","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/fuel-poverty-neighbourhoods","claim":{"dataset":"fuel-poverty-neighbourhoods","graphSlug":"fuel-poverty-neighbourhoods","label":"Fuel poverty","text":"The modelled percentage of households in fuel poverty at neighbourhood level.","headlineLabel":"Hammersmith and Fulham 001E","value":21.263482280431433,"unit":"%","period":"2024","comparisonLabel":"London median","comparisonValue":9.252669039145907,"caveat":null,"release":{"updatedAt":"2026-08-01T15:30:50.945Z","resourceUrl":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a02febf81a251700a20b42a/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-2026-2024-data-tables.xlsx","methodologyUrl":"https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/f3009590-2bc9-40d9-8dc3-571e6fddae45/fuel_poverty_sub-regional_statistics","releaseLabel":"Sub-regional fuel poverty 2026 report: 2024 data","sourcePublishedAt":null,"resourceChecksum":"3716dbf207cddffa400491de37b85b912f25a701ff0cc55efd93c54152aae30a"}}},{"dataset":"epc-by-borough","graphSlug":"warm-boroughs-and-cold-ones","label":"Efficient homes","text":"The share of lodged domestic EPC certificates rated C or better.","shape":"area","metric":"value","unit":"%","caveat":"EPC lodgements are not a census of every dwelling.","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/warm-boroughs-and-cold-ones","claim":null},{"dataset":"londons-housing-condition","graphSlug":"londons-housing-condition","label":"Modelled damp","text":"Local-authority modelled estimates of homes affected by damp.","shape":"area","metric":"damp_percent","unit":"%","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/londons-housing-condition","claim":{"dataset":"londons-housing-condition","graphSlug":"londons-housing-condition","label":"Modelled damp","text":"Local-authority modelled estimates of homes affected by damp.","headlineLabel":"City of London","value":11.932773109243698,"unit":"%","period":"2024","comparisonLabel":"London median","comparisonValue":6.509199470456325,"caveat":null,"release":{"updatedAt":"2026-08-02T22:02:50.900Z","resourceUrl":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a353e51c6e94f095f3efb19/Annex_Table_1_-_Local_Authority_Modelled_Data.ods","methodologyUrl":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2024-to-2025-local-authority-housing-stock-condition-modelling","releaseLabel":"English Housing Survey 2024 local-authority housing stock condition modelling","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","resourceChecksum":"4b0d3c64ac6675e2cf1a795bde32eb68dd08ed83fd1b812910070338ce074e39"}}},{"dataset":"home-energy-use-by-borough","graphSlug":"home-energy-use-by-borough","label":"Domestic gas use","text":"Mean domestic gas consumption per meter by borough.","shape":"area","metric":"Gas","unit":"kWh per meter","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/home-energy-use-by-borough","claim":null}],"sources":[{"name":"DESNZ","url":"https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/f3009590-2bc9-40d9-8dc3-571e6fddae45/fuel_poverty_sub-regional_statistics","graphSlug":"fuel-poverty-neighbourhoods"},{"name":"EPC register (MHCLG)","url":"https://get-energy-performance-data.communities.gov.uk/","graphSlug":"warm-boroughs-and-cold-ones"},{"name":"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2024-to-2025-local-authority-housing-stock-condition-modelling","graphSlug":"londons-housing-condition"},{"name":"DESNZ","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-electricity-consumption-data","graphSlug":"home-energy-use-by-borough"}]}