The Housing Secretary Michael Gove is encouraging social housing tenants to complain to the government, spearheading the ‘Make Things Right’ advertising campaign. When residents are unsatisfied with their landlord’s final response, they should escalate their complaint to the Housing Ombudsman. In addition to time limits for landlords to investigate and fix damp and mould, Awaab’s…
The damp and mould crisis in English social housing affects up to 160,000 homes, confirmed in a report by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). Following an investigation into dampness and mould in the social housing sector, sparked by the inquest of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, a report issued by the Regulator of Social Housing…
Registered providers were asked to give assurance on addressing risks relating to dampness and mould in tenants’ homes. On the 22nd November 2022, the Regulator of Social Housing has written to registered providers of social housing with a housing stock of 1,000 homes or more to highlight landlords’ responsibility to take action to protect tenants…
Introduction – Technology (IoT) to Monitor Retrofitting in Social Housing At least 15 million homes need to be retrofitted by 2030 to meet 2050 carbon targets. The same homes would need to have further measures installed again after 2030. Doing this would more than triple the UK’s current rate of energy efficiency installations. While the…
How Can IoT Reduce The Risk of Fuel Poverty To Your Tenants? It seems quite ironic that I’m sitting here in sweltering heat in the middle of July as I prepare this blog about fuel poverty and the challenges we face in the current climate and how winter will soon be here to test us…
How IoT Can Help Social Housing Organisations Work Smarter In our increasingly connected world, data is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity. Social Housing organisations are in a unique position to take advantage of the latest innovations in data-driven technology, and Caption Data can help them do just that. Our innovative IoT platform helps Social Housing…
It’s a damp subject: Breaking the mould in social housing. Many varying root causes can lead to dampness and mould in a property, and the overall impact on tenant wellbeing is familiar across the rental and affordable housing sector. Tenants report distress, daily living disruption, financial implications, and a genuine concern for health-related mould issues…
CDL was delighted to be invited to take part in a podcast hosted by Housing Digital in their 3rd installment to talk about the growing issues around fuel poverty and crucially tenant well-being, and the surrounding damp and mould issues within the social housing sector. In the podcast, joining us were HACT, Home Group, and Davis, French & Associates who…
Increase in legal cases against social landlords for mould, It’s not always easy to prove who is responsible for resolving problems with damp and mould in social housing properties. This is because it can be difficult to find the exact cause of damp. Tenants of housing associations could contact the local authority’s Environmental Health department.…
Mould and mildew in properties are serious concerns for landlords and housing associations. Failure to deal with mould can lead to serious health problems for tenants, can cause damage to a property and can leave a landlord open to legal action and a large bill if not dealt with. What is mould? Mould is a…
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