MPs And Peers To Consider Energy Efficiency Of Rented Housing

The All Party Parliamentary Group for the private rented sector has launched an inquiry into the energy efficiency of private rented housing. From 1st April 2018, all privately rented properties will be required to have a minimum energy performance rating of E on an energy performance certificate. This is likely to pose significant challenges given that privately rented homes are generally older and harder to treat than properties in other tenures. The group’s inquiry follows the government’s decision not to renew the landlord energy savings allowance in the March budget. This had originally been introduced to encourage landlords to improve the energy efficiency of the properties they let but was dropped because of low take up. Read more on 24dash.