<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Since 2018, domestic properties must have an EPC rating of 'E' or above for a landlord to be allowed to rent it out to private, residential tenant.</p>
The government's preferred approach in the Privately Rented Energy Performance Consultation would be to require residential landlords to achieve the equivalent of an EPC rating of 'C' before rented out.

The proposed higher standard of rating 'C' would apply to newly granted residential tenancies from 2028 and all existing tenancies would be required to comply by 2030.