Government proposals to force landlords to pay up to £10,000 to improve the energy efficiency of rental properties are “misguided”, says the National Residential Landlords Association.

All new tenancies in the private rented sector should be in houses with an energy performance certificate rating of C or better by 2025, according to a consultation paper by the Department of Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy.

It proposed that this standard should apply to all private rented properties by 2028, added the consultation document, which closed in January.

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