Hundreds of thousands of buy-to-let homeowners will have
to pay a “green tax” of up to £5,000 to
make their properties more energy efficient. Landlords will have to pay upfront
for measures such as insulation, cavity wall filling and new boilers from 2018.
Until recently they could apply for loans from the Green Deal scheme for
improvements, which are then repaid by tenants who benefit from lower bills.
But the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is
proposing owners provide the money. The move will affect 330,000 buy-to-let
landlords who own homes that are less energy efficient, often from the
Victorian and Edwardian eras. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.
