The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) urges the Housing Minister, Yvette Cooper, to extend the rollout to all remaining properties as Home Information Packs (HIPs) are currently only implemented for all properties in England and Wales with three bedrooms or more.

Mike Ockenden, director general of AHIPP, said: “I call upon the Government to extend the rollout to the remainder of the housing stock. There are now over 5,000 fully accredited Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) ready to provide Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), which is a substantially higher number than the Government’s target of 3,000 for the full national roll out of HIPs.

“Presently anyone selling a home with three or more bedrooms and buying a one or two bedroom home is penalised by having to pay for the information in a HIP on the sale and also on the purchase. Clearly this situation should be rectified as soon as possible.”