This is evident from the Housing Monitor of environmental organization Natuur & Milieu. Using data from Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry, the organization investigated how many homes there are with energy labels E, F or G and who they belong to. Their research shows that the fewest homes with bad labels are owned by corporations (10 percent). This is followed by homes owned by owner-occupiers (19 percent) and homes owned by private landlords (22 percent).
“The research shows that it is time to catch up enormously. Municipalities and homeowners must speed up and the government must make the announced policy concrete,” says Rob van Tilburg, director of programs at Natuur & Milieu. The energy label for homes was introduced in 2015 and is mandatory for sales and rentals. 45 percent of the total number of homes does not yet have a registered label.