{"id":21965,"date":"2025-09-01T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehpa.org\/?p=21965"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:39:07","slug":"ehpa-position-on-social-leasing-for-heat-pumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/news-and-resources\/position-papers\/ehpa-position-on-social-leasing-for-heat-pumps\/","title":{"rendered":"EHPA position on social leasing for heat pumps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21965\" class=\"elementor elementor-21965\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25607dcc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25607dcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5505b93f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5505b93f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8216;Social leasing&#8217; means low-income households can rent clean technologies by paying an affordable monthly fee.<\/p><p>The European Commission is due to produce guidance for EU governments on social leasing for heat pumps and other clean technologies in 2025, as part of the Clean Industrial Deal.<\/p><p>To inform policymakers at EU level on this topic and contribute to the guidance, EHPA has prepared this position paper.<\/p><p>It covers the concept of social leasing, explores how it could be applied to heat pumps, and identifies potential barriers and solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dc561 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dc561\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce7686f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ce7686f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bridging-the-affordability-gap-social-leasing-for-heat-pumps.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the position paper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Social leasing&#8217; means low-income households can rent clean technologies by paying an affordable monthly fee. 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