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UK Landlords Face £6,800 Hit to Insulate Drafty Housing Stock

A hot water and heating control panel inside a home in Danbury, UK.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The UK government published plans to make rental homes more energy-efficient by forcing landlords to make costly investments in insulation.

Landlords may have to stump up an average £6,100 ($7,590) to £6,800 per property in energy-saving measures by 2030, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said in a statement on Friday.