Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing post 2020 (EESSH2) review: interim guidance for social landlords

What does "temporarily put on hold" mean?

11. Temporarily put on hold means:

(a) The 2020 EESSH milestone, or EESSH1, continues to apply

The EESSH1 milestone, which social housing should meet since the end of December 2020, continues to apply.

There are a number of exemptions which landlords can apply to their stock where it is not possible to meet these targets.

A house must either meet EESSH1 or be exempt from it, in order to comply with the Scottish Housing Quality Standard.

(b) Landlords are not required to show progress towards EESSH2 milestones.

Landlords are not required to show that stock meets or is progressing towards EESSH2 milestones in reporting their performance for the years ending March 2023 or 2024.

(c) SHR has paused collection of EESSH2 data

The Scottish Housing Regulator has advised landlords that it will pause the collection of data on EESSH2 until after the conclusion of the Scottish Government's review when it will consult on indicators for the Annual Return on the Charter that are appropriate to the outcome of the review. It has advised that for now, it will focus on the quality of landlords' housing condition information and the effectiveness of asset management strategies. So, during the two business years in which the review is taking place, landlords are not required to submit to the regulator data on the overall performance of their housing stock against either the 2025 or 2032 milestones.

Landlords should however, continue to collect data for their own use, including on the following:

• the number of properties in each EPC band at the end of each year; and
• on the value of investment in energy efficiency improvements in each reporting year.