CLG Data Shows 75% of Private Landlords Are Breaching the Law

An FOI requested by an environmental charity has found that around one in four dwellings for private rent have an energy document that landlords are legally obliged to get.  10:10 asked the CLG about Energy Efficiency Performance certificates in the private rented sector and the response estimates only a quarter of private rental homes had an EPC when they were let.  75 per cent of social rent homes have the certificates, however only 26 per cent in the private rental sector do, according to the FOI. The charity said in its response to the FOI that the DCLG is ‘doing little to enforce the law on EPCs’. Read more on Inside Housing.