Member

Tenants such as Maya and her family can and should benefit from the warm homes plan. The Government are right to say that nearly half of private renters should not be living in leaky homes that do not reach even a level C energy performance certificate. The Government are being generous with landlords by allowing them until 2030 to get the work done, but I do not think it appropriate for landlords to take all the profit from a government grant so that the tenant does not benefit as well; this is in danger of discrediting a really good idea. I know the Minister will say that tenants can challenge rent hikes through the First-tier Tribunal, but the tribunal uses market rents to determine decisions, and a warm home is clearly more desirable than a leaky one.