Posted 01.03.17
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In a new report, The Retrofit-Up, the CLA sets out how government energy policy is failing older houses across the British countryside by giving homeowners inaccurate information on the energy efficiency of their properties and encouraging damaging retrofits on homes built before 1919.
From 1 April 2018, it will be illegal for a private landlord to let a property with an energy performance certificate rating lower than E to a new tenant, and from 1 April 2020 this will apply to all existing tenancies.
These regulations, commonly known as the minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) are causing concern across the private rented sector.