政府 u-turn on 提案するd EPC 支配するs for 賃貸しの homes: What does it mean for landlords and tenants?

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The 政府 this week scrapped 計画（する）s 目的（とする）d at 軍隊ing landlords to 昇格 the energy efficiency of their 所有物／資産／財産s.

On Wednesday, Rishi Sunak 発表するd the 政府 would '軟化する' several green 政策s, 含むing 最小限 EPC 基準s for 賃貸しの homes.

Although it had not 公式に become 法律, for years, landlords have 恐れるd these 討議するd 計画（する）s that would 強要する them to 昇格 their 賃貸しの 所有物／資産／財産s to 達成する an EPC 率ing of C by 2028.

可能性のある new EPC 必要物／必要条件s scrapped: There were 恐れるs that landlords would be 要求するd to 昇格 their 所有物／資産／財産s to an EPC of C 率ing by 2028 ーするために let them out

The EPC is a 率ing 計画／陰謀 which 禁止（する）d 所有物／資産／財産s between A and G, with an A 率ing 存在 the most energy efficient and G the least e fficient.

At 現在の, all 賃貸しの 所有物／資産／財産s in England and むちの跡s need to have an EPC of at least E ーするために be let, unless they are 免除された.

This now looks 始める，決める to remain as the 支配する for the foreseeable 未来 thanks to a 政府 u-turn earlier this week.

Sunak partly 正当化するd scrapping the 政策 by 示唆するing that the 抱擁する costs of 昇格ing homes was likely to be passed on as higher rents to tenants.

However, while some 政府 基金ing will be 申し込む／申し出d to landlords to 昇格 their 所有物／資産／財産s, they will no longer have to 恐れる 存在 罰金d for not retrofitting their 所有物／資産／財産s.

The 可能性のある 必要物／必要条件 of having to have an EPC of C to let a 所有物／資産／財産 had been ぼんやり現れるing over landlords for some time. In fact, it was seen as a 重要な 推論する／理由 for some landl ords deciding to sell up and 出口 the 部門.

The 総理大臣 hosted a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 on Wednesday and 確認するd the 政府 would not be 軍隊ing landlords to 昇格 the energy efficiency of their 所有物／資産／財産s by 2028

Ben Beadle, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the 国家の 居住の Landlords 協会, welcomed the news, which he believes 供給するs much needed clarity.

He said: 'The 不確定 surrounding energy efficiency 政策 has been hugely 損失ing to the 供給（する） of rented 所有物／資産／財産s.

'Landlords are struggling to make 投資 決定／判定勝ち（する）s without a （疑いを）晴らす idea of the 政府's direction of travel.

'It is welcome that landlords will not be 要求するd to 投資する 相当な sums of money during a cost-of-living 危機 when many are themselves s truggling financially.

'However, 大臣s need to use the space they are creating to develop a 十分な 計画（する） that supports the 賃貸しの market to make the energy efficiency 改良s we all want to see.

'This must 含む appropriate 財政上の support and 改革（する） of the 税金 system which 現在／一般に fails to support 投資 in energy efficiency 対策.'

However, not everyone is pleased about this particular change in 政府 政策.

Dawid Baranowski, of 所有物／資産／財産 科学（工学）技術 会社／堅い IMMO?believes the 衝撃 of EPC 規則 on the 住宅 market is a 批判的な factor to 確実にするing 維持できる and affordable living in the 未来.

He says: '最小限 energy 基準s, while 必須の for 達成するing the Paris goals and the UK 逮捕する 無 戦略, are also a beacon of hope for 消費者s as they 減ずる cost 重荷（を負わせる）s and 与える／捧げる to the decarbonisation of real 広い地所.

'The fact the 政府 is making a u-turn on these 基準s which have been in the public domain for years is disheartening, as the brunt of such a 決定／判定勝ち（する） 落ちる on renters, who are often not landowners and will 吸収する the 重荷（を負わせる） of the higher energy 法案s, 特に at a time when we are grappling with a cost-of-living 危機.

'More than 2.4 million 個人として rented homes in England will experience higher energy 法案s with renters 直面するing £1.4 billion costs as a result.'

Ben Beadle, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the 国家の 居住の Landlords 協会, welcomed the news, which he believes 供給するs some much needed clarity for the 部門

Dan Wilson Craw, 副 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of 世代 Rent also bemoaned what he 述べるd as a colossal error by the 政府.

He 追加するs: 'Leaving the 衝撃 on the 気候 to one 味方する, it makes the cost of living 危機 worse and 損害賠償金 renters' health.

'One in four 私的な renters lives in 燃料 poverty and, without 的s for landlords to 改善する their 所有物／資産／財産s, they 直面する many more years of unaffordable 法案s.

'Energy efficiency is also an 必須の part of a home's 質. Backtracking leaves the 政府's levelling up 使節団 to halve the number of 非，不，無-decent rented homes in shreds.

'Both tenants and landlords need support to 昇格 私的な rented homes, and the 総理大臣 recognised that 'big 政府 認めるs' help make it affordable. But without higher 基準s, landlords have no 推論する／理由 to 受託する tenants' requests for 改良s.'