Will your Stevenage rental pass EPC C by 2030?

1,491 of 3,545 privately rented homes in Stevenage are below EPC C, 42% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Stevenage compares

Well below average

Stevenage is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

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42% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Stevenage 300 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Stevenage

A 3

B 134

C 1,917

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,254

E 230

F 7

G 0

Of 3,545 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

1,381 of the 1,491 sub-C rentals in Stevenage, 93% of them, already have a potential rating of C or better on their current certificate. That is the assessor's own estimate of what the property would reach if the recommended measures were installed.

Landlords are required to spend up to £10,000 per property. Above that, an exemption may apply.

The transitional rule

An EPC rated C or higher on the existing Energy Efficiency Rating, issued before 1 October 2029, counts as compliant until that certificate expires.

Source: Transitional rule. Verified 21 September 2026.

Local housing stock

All tenures in Stevenage, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	3,545
Socially rented	6,945
Owner occupied	13,729
Median floor area	79 m²

Postcode districts in Stevenage

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Stevenage.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
SG1	Stevenage	2,637	995	38%
SG2	Stevenage	1,297	615	47%