The UK home air conditioning grant scheme offering £2,500 toward units is seeing low uptake, with only about 60 applicants reported so far. Some households have already completed or started the process but are still waiting for installation months after entering the programme, according to coverage of the initiative. The reporting points to a practical barrier beyond eligibility: a lack of available installers to carry out the work. As temperatures rise and households experience heat, the delay means the expected support is not yet reaching residents in time to benefit from the summer conditions. The sources emphasize that public information and eligibility guidance are widely available, but the main constraint described is capacity for installations rather than demand alone. Taken together, the articles frame the situation as a bottleneck in delivering the scheme—few applications relative to the number of units available, alongside difficulties in matching applicants with accredited installers—leading to continued waiting for households seeking the funded cooling upgrades.