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The Social Housing Draft<\/a> will pave the way to remove inequalities in the law, whereby private tenants are protected by mandatory five-yearly electrical safety checks but social tenants are not<\/h2>\n

The new Social Housing Draft released by the government could see mandatory electrical safety<\/a> checks required in England\u2019s social housing. These protections could benefit over 4 million households living in the social rented sector and create parity with the private rented sector.<\/p>\n

The Social Housing Draft is a major step toward electrical safety protection<\/a>, and would establish electrical safety checks for social housing tenants by amending current legislation so that it also applied to \u2018a registered provider of social housing\u2019.<\/p>\n

Following extensive campaigning by Electrical Safety First over the years, the government enacted new laws in 2020 that introduced five-yearly electrical safety checks in the private rental sector, protecting millions of people from electrical hazards.<\/p>\n

‘Ensuring that social housing tenants are better protected from electrical dangers’<\/h3>\n

Commenting on the publication of the regulations, Lesley Rudd,\u00a0 chief executive of Electrical Safety First said: \u201cToday\u2019s draft regulations are a real step in the right direction to ensuring that social housing tenants are better protected from electrical dangers and that the housing sector and landlords have clarity on safety standards.<\/p>\n

“We look forward to working very closely with the Government and await the announcement of the consultation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government is yet to consult on electrical safety standards in the social rented sector<\/a> and any secondary legislation would be subject to the outcome of the consultation, due to take place in the summer of this year.<\/p>\n

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