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Energy Performance Certificates: Rented Housing

Asked by Connor NaismithLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 33282

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the consequences will be for landlords who do not raise their EPC rating to C when it is unfeasible to do so.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

The Government is currently consulting on raising minimum energy efficiency standards to EPC C or equivalent. Current regulations already include a number of available exemptions and we are looking to ensure appropriate exemptions are in place for any new standards. The consultation also sets out proposals about maximum non-compliance fines where no valid exemption applies.

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