Hazardous disrepair in social housing

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The Local Government and Housing Committee has agreed to undertake a one-day inquiry focusing on social landlords’ response to hazardous disrepair, and the steps the Welsh Government has taken to improve processes to identify and remediate hazards.

A short inquiry will examine:

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>>>The extent of hazardous disrepair in social housing in Wales, the level of health risk faced by tenants, and how housing conditions and responses to disrepair are monitored;

>>>How effectively social landlords are currently responding to reports of  hazardous disrepair, particularly issues with damp and mould

>>>The Welsh Government’s creation of a new rule within the WHQS requiring social landlords to investigate and remedy certain hazards within specified timescales, including:

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***the rationale for this approach and how effective it is likely to be; and

***the anticipated impact on tenants and landlords;

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>>>What proactive steps social landlords are taking to identify and remedy hazardous disrepair within their housing stock; and

>>>How the Welsh Government and social landlords are engaging and involving tenants in issues relating to hazardous disrepair.

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