Concern at software failure as government delays green homes consultation

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Housebuilders worried that glitch in Future Homes Standard software will mar roll-out of energy efficiency standard

Housebuilders have hit out at the government after software failures meant firms couldn’t properly respond to a consultation on the Future Homes Standard, forcing  officials to issue an emergency fix and prompting a last-minute delay.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) this week said that consultations on the Future Homes and Buildings Standards and new Home Energy Model (HEM) designed to underpin it had been extended from the original closing date of March 6 to March 27.

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