{"id":13955,"date":"2015-02-05T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T10:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adjacentgovernment.co.uk\/?p=13955"},"modified":"2015-06-03T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T15:16:08","slug":"private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/","title":{"rendered":"Private landlords must improve home efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Up to one million tenants renting privately will see their homes made more energy efficient under new plans from the government.<\/p>\n<p>The plans will require all landlords from April 2018 by law to improve their properties to an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E. It is hoped this will help low income and vulnerable households to pay less to heat their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Estimated figures suggest that the difference between the least energy efficient properties and those with energy rating Band E is around \u00a3880.<\/p>\n<p>People who live in the least efficient privately-rented homes spend on around \u00a31,000 more to keep their home warm compared to the average home.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/edward-davey\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Ed Davey<\/span><\/a> said: \u201cThese new laws will plug the gaps in draughty homes \u2013 helping households to keep warm and drive down bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the poorest tenants will benefit and, with government support, landlords can improve their properties at no upfront cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good news all round and yet another way we\u2019re taking action to ensure that cold homes with bloated energy bills become a thing of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/amber-rudd\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Amber Rudd<\/span><\/a> also commented. She said: \u201cOne million homes are already warmer and cheaper to heat as a result of government policies, but we\u2019re not stopping there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese new regulations will drive bills down in some of the worst-insulated homes where up to 1 million tenants are paying too much to keep warm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also good news for landlords, who can benefit from improved properties with the financial support of the Green Deal and other schemes, and a real boost to the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/green-deal-energy-saving-measures\/overview\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Green Deal<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/energy-company-obligation\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Energy Company Obligation<\/span><\/a> schemes will be able to provide financial support, meaning landlords may be able to receive help paying the bill to install energy efficiency measures.<\/p>\n<p>John Alker, Acting CEO of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukgbc.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span>UK Green Building Council<\/span><\/a>, said: \u201cThis could be the single most significant piece of legislation to affect our existing building stock in a generation, affecting a huge swathe of rented properties. Government deserves huge credit for sticking to its guns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome will undoubtedly cry \u2018red tape\u2019, but good landlords and forward-thinking property companies have nothing to fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could provide the impetus needed to upgrade our worst-performing, most energy-hungry rented properties and help to kick-start a multi-million pound market in energy efficiency products and services in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the rules will come into force in 2018, tenants will have the right from April 2016 to request that landlords make improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Saunders, CEO of the fuel poverty charity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><span>National Energy Action<\/span><\/a> (NEA), commented. She said: \u201cThe private rented sector contains a high proportion of fuel poor tenants and many properties are not currently fit to rent out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the introduction of the new regulations can help landlords drive up standards in the sector, deliver more affordable fuel bills as well as reducing carbon emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard Lambert, CEO of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landlords.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><span>National Landlords Association<\/span><\/a> also praised the way in which the government had approached the issue. He said: \u201cThe Government has struck a delicate balance between making clear what is expected and ensuring that there is a realistic prospect of landlords being able to comply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSetting the standard at a sensible rather than aspirational level, allowing time to achieve it and granting exemptions if the necessary improvements cannot be funded through the Green Deal or other government subsidies means that these new regulations will not impose an unreasonable burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, where a landlord is in a position to undertake improvements, there will be no good reason not to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NLA actively encourages landlords to improve the energy efficiency of their properties because it\u2019s good business practice: a warm tenant is a happy tenant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government also announced plans to put together a \u00a325m fund to install first-time central heating systems in off-grid households.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E&#8230; Up to one million tenants renting privately will see their homes made more energy efficient under new plans from the government. The plans will require all landlords from April 2018 by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Private landlords must improve home efficiency | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Private landlords must improve home efficiency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-02-05T10:44:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-03T15:16:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dreamstime_m_30136549.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lisa Carnwell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lisa Carnwell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38\"},\"headline\":\"Private landlords must improve home efficiency\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-05T10:44:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-03T15:16:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/\"},\"wordCount\":673,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Energy News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/\",\"name\":\"Private landlords must improve home efficiency | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-05T10:44:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-03T15:16:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Private landlords must improve home efficiency\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38\",\"name\":\"Lisa Carnwell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lisa Carnwell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lisa-carnwell\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Private landlords must improve home efficiency | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Private landlords must improve home efficiency","og_description":"Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2015-02-05T10:44:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-06-03T15:16:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dreamstime_m_30136549.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lisa Carnwell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/"},"author":{"name":"Lisa Carnwell","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38"},"headline":"Private landlords must improve home efficiency","datePublished":"2015-02-05T10:44:35+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-03T15:16:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/"},"wordCount":673,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Energy News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2015","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/","name":"Private landlords must improve home efficiency | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-02-05T10:44:35+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-03T15:16:08+00:00","description":"Under new government plans, landlords will be required by law to ensure their properties have an energy efficiency rating of at least Band E.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/private-landlords-must-improve-home-efficiency\/13955\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Private landlords must improve home efficiency"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38","name":"Lisa Carnwell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lisa Carnwell"},"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lisa-carnwell\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-18 05:47:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13955"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=13955"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=13955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}