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Energy Performance Certificates: Rented Housing

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 13 January 2025UIN 22768

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure landlords are compliant with the need to ensure that new tenancies have an Energy Performance Rating of at least C from 1 April 2025.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

The Government will consult shortly on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector. The consultation will include proposals for rented homes to achieve Energy Performance Certificate C or equivalent by 2030.

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