Energy Performance Certificates: Rented Housing

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 27 June 2025.

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Photo of Juliet Campbell Juliet Campbell Labour, Broxtowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of current EPC rating assessment criteria on landlords' ability to meet those criteria.

Photo of Miatta Fahnbulleh Miatta Fahnbulleh Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government is reforming Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), including the current EPC rating assessment criteria and the methodology that underpins this, with new and amended metrics due to be introduced for domestic buildings under the Home Energy Model (HEM). More information, including the consultation stage impact assessment, can be found in the consultation ‘Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime’ on gov.uk.

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