Energy efficiency standards for rented homes welcomed

Responding to government proposals to make private landlords ensure properties meet higher energy efficiency standards by 2030, Friends of the Earth warm homes campaigner, Sana Yusuf, said:

“Households have endured sky high energy bills for almost three years because the UK is still hooked on fossil fuel gas for heating and too many homes, particularly in the rental sector, are poorly insulated.

“These proposals are good news for renters and will make it cheaper for tenants to heat their homes, but the government must ensure this doesn’t drive up rents and that the cost of insulating properties is covered by landlords.

“If the scourge of cold homes and fuel poverty is to be eradicated ministers must also give more support to low-income owner-occupiers who struggle to stay warm in winter.

‘“Britain will only be free of unaffordable energy bills and the greed of the giant fossil fuel companies when our homes, transport and industry are powered by home-grown renewable power.”

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