PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Rented Housing: Mould (30 August 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to avoid duplicating the provisions of the Decent Homes Standard in the application of Awaab's law.

Asked by:
Bob Blackman (Conservative)

The Decent Homes Standard sets minimum quality standards that all social homes should meet. Awaab’s Law will not set a new standard for rented homes to meet. Instead, it will set new requirements for landlords to inspect and repair hazards such as damp and mould within a fixed time period, providing tenants with a new route to redress if their landlords fail to take timely action.

Answered by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
9 September 2024