How can we make rented homes warmer and cheaper?
Planned changes to minimum energy efficiency standards offer a lifeline to renters in cold and mouldy homes — but the Government needs to make sure the new rules deliver
As prices have risen, private renters have faced a perfect storm of high energy bills and poor conditions. With worrying numbers cutting back on heating to pay rising rents, more than 1 in 3 private renters (36%) couldn’t heat their homes to a comfortable temperature last winter. And part of the problem is that far too many privately rented homes are energy inefficient, meaning they lose heat more easily. For tenants, that can mean living in a cold, mouldy and unhealthy home — while paying over the odds for energy.
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