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What the 2030 EPC rules mean for your rental, area by area

Will your Havering rental pass EPC C by 2030?

6,486 of 12,076 privately rented homes in Havering are below EPC C, 54% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Havering compares

About average

Havering sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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54% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Havering 182 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Havering

A 11
B 737
C 4,842
C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded
D 5,233
E 1,184
F 48
G 21

Of 12,076 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

5,961 of the 6,486 sub-C rentals in Havering, 92% 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 Havering, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented12,076
Socially rented8,708
Owner occupied40,204
Median floor area80 m²

Postcode districts in Havering

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Havering.

DistrictPost townRentedBelow CShare
RM7 Romford 1,892 932 49%
RM1 Romford 1,996 921 46%
RM3 Romford 1,916 920 48%
RM13 Rainham 1,422 822 58%
RM11 Hornchurch 1,377 819 59%
RM12 Hornchurch 1,353 819 61%
RM14 Upminster 883 563 64%
RM5 Romford 672 408 61%
RM2 Romford 842 398 47%
RM4 Romford 153 116 76%

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