Landlords should foot ‘significant’ part of energy efficiency bill – Miliband Landlords should foot a “significant” amount of the bill to meet energy efficiency standards outlined in Government proposals, Ed Miliband has said.
Mr Miliband said the plans would help tenants who have for years been “abandoned and forgotten” as opportunities to deliver warm homes and lower energy bills “have been disregarded and ignored.”.
Announcing the new consultation on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said: “For far too long we have seen too many tenants plagued by shoddy and poor conditions in their homes and this government is taking swift action to right the wrongs of the past.
Previous proposals requiring landlords to meet EPC C standards for private rented homes by 2028 were axed by then prime minister Rishi Sunak when he watered down a series of green policies in September 2023.
Cabinet minister Mr Miliband told BBC Breakfast on Friday morning that there are boiler upgrade and local grant schemes for support but added: “I think landlords are going to have to foot at least some significant part of this bill.
