{"id":146742,"date":"2024-12-11T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=146742"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:55:29","slug":"mould-in-social-housing-affecting-99-2-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mould-in-social-housing-affecting-99-2-landlords\/146742\/","title":{"rendered":"Mould in social housing affecting 99.2% of landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A study commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zehndergroup.com\/en\/company\/about-us#ce135042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zehnder<\/a> revealed information regarding the amount of social housing that is being affected by mould<\/h2>\n<p>The study surveyed social housing landlords and tenants, asking whether and to what extent they were suffering from mould and\/or condensation in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>The results show that almost all (99.2%) landlords have mould in their housing stock, with 32% of tenants saying they have mould in 5-6 rooms.<\/p>\n<h3>One in ten landlords have mould in over half their houses<\/h3>\n<p>41% of landlords believe that the mould in their housing stock is simply because of the weather. Others believe that old buildings (36%), humidity (34%), condensation (28%), poor ventilation (23%), recent house insulation (22%), and general damp (17%) are root causes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, many landlords admitted to trying various methods to solve the mould but found that 51% of cases saw the mould come back, while 16% said the methods didn\u2019t work at all, with the mould staying present.<\/p>\n<p>64% of landlords reported feeling frustrated or angry, 57% worried and scared, and 30% feel embarrassed.<\/p>\n<p>From the tenant side, 46% report having mould in 3-4 of their rooms, 32% have mould in 5-6 rooms, 12% have it in 1-2 rooms, and 1 in 10 report mould in 7-8 rooms.<\/p>\n<p>40% reported mould only affecting wet rooms, i.e. the bathroom or shower room, while 32% report it in the main bedroom, 30% report mould in the dining room, 28% report it in children\u2019s bedrooms, 25% in the living room, and 25% in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<h3>98% of tenants worry about their health with mould<\/h3>\n<p>The top concerns for social housing tenants were their health (21%) and the health of their children (21%), as well as mould affecting allergies (21%) and needing to clean constantly (21%).<\/p>\n<p>The study also examines the key issues preventing effective remediation of mould in social housing, with landlords saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/transformational-moisture-management-technology-to-tackle-damp-and-mould\/144902\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> (37%), cost (36%), and lack of knowledge or understanding (31%). Others cite local authorities (29%) and lack of support (28%) as issues.<\/p>\n<p>27% of landlords say that the occupants of the property are a barrier. The majority (98%) agree that a lack of education for occupants on how to live in their homes and keep condensation\/vapour to a minimum, including drying washing indoors, turning off extractor fans, and keeping windows closed with no airflow.<\/p>\n<p>28% of tenants have not sought help for their mould issues, and 83% have not asked their landlords about mould issues.<\/p>\n<p>Zehnder RMI national manager, Mark Trowers, said: \u201cWhile a third of landlords in our survey are approaching this widespread issue in the right way by installing better ventilation or calling in an expert (29%), others are following generalist advice that won\u2019t solve the root cause of the problem, either temporarily fixing it, or not fixing it at all. These include applying an anti-fungicidal wash (28%), using an anti-mould spray (25%) or bleaching the area (24%). A quarter of landlords we surveyed claimed they asked the occupants to change their living habits, yet large numbers are still just washing it off with soapy water (21%) or painting over it (17%), so it isn\u2019t surprising the mould comes back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMould outbreaks are caused by excess moisture build up in the property and lack of adequate airflow to ventilate that moisture effectively, causing condensation to form on cold surfaces, turning water vapour into liquid. Routine activities such as boiling the kettle, cooking, bathing, showering and even breathing can produce significant amounts of water vapour \u2013 up to 24 pints per day for the average family. The conditions created by condensation provide the perfect environment for mould and mildew to develop &#8211; creating conditions for dampness and toxic black mould to take over and spread, which poses serious health risks to humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our study, over half of the tenants (54%) admitted to turning off the extract fans in their bathrooms and kitchen, which is often the only form of ventilation in the property. Yet the reasons for doing so are rooted in a lack of understanding, with 36% claiming heat loss from the fan, running costs (34%), noise (33%) and nearly a fifth (18%) claiming they just don\u2019t need them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study by Zehnder has revealed the extent of mould in social housing, and how it affects both landlords and tenants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":146743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[172910,944,861,570],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-146742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-safety-news","8":"tag-damp-and-mould","9":"tag-landlords","10":"tag-rental-sector","11":"tag-social-housing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mould in social housing affecting 99.2% of landlords<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A study by Zehnder has revealed the extent of mould in social housing, and how it affects both landlords and tenants\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mould-in-social-housing-affecting-99-2-landlords\/146742\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mould in social housing affecting 99.2% of landlords\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A study by Zehnder has revealed the extent of mould in social housing, and how it affects both landlords and tenants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mould-in-social-housing-affecting-99-2-landlords\/146742\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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