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Raising the standard of social homes in England is essential given the progress at bringing homes up to a minimum standard has almost ground to a halt, says the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee in a report published today<\/h2>\n

While most social homes provide tenants with warm, safe and decent places to live, the report finds that too many people living in social housing suffer from appalling housing conditions and do not have their complaints treated seriously.<\/p>\n

The report notes that the minimum standard of what is considered a decent home has not changed in twenty years and says, \u201cit is not acceptable that just under 430,000 social homes still fail to meet even this basic standard\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bringing existing homes up to standard is as important as building new homes<\/h3>\n

The Committee\u2019s Housing conditions in the social rented sector report calls for the Government to use the delayed Long-term Housing Strategy to deliver an approach which addresses the twin objectives of building more social homes while ensuring conditions in existing housing stock are improved.<\/p>\n

The report recommends the Government establish a new, modern Decent Homes Programme that supports social landlords to raise the standard of social homes, which includes a pooled fund for improvements to social homes and a single housing quality framework to consolidate the regulatory requirements on social landlords.<\/p>\n

Florence Eshalomi MP, chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee said: \u201cWhether it is residents living in poorly insulated homes, experiencing overcrowding, or enduring housing with damp or mould, it\u2019s vital that Government measures, including Awaab\u2019s Law and the New Decent Homes Standard, bring a meaningful improvement to social housing conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government deserves credit for the steps taken to rebuild the sector’s financial capacity after years of underinvestment. However, we do have concerns about the resources available to social housing providers to meet the Government\u2019s new social homes target while also raising standards over the decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government\u2019s Long-term Housing Strategy<\/a> needs to set out a credible plan to tackle the need to improve existing housing stock while encouraging social landlords to build the new social homes the country needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proposed legislation reforms are a positive first step- but must go further<\/h3>\n

The report agrees with the Government’s decision to rollout Awaab’s Law in phases<\/a>, focusing on tackling the most dangerous hazards first, but warns that social landlords and tenants need a much clearer roadmap for when the remaining phases of Awaab’s Law will be introduced. The report calls on the Government to urgently set and publish the timeline for extending Awaab’s Law to all remaining hazards, so that tenants and social landlords have clarity about when they can expect these new regulations to apply.<\/p>\n

High energy prices, the report warns, mean households living in homes that comply with the Government\u2019s new minimum energy efficiency standard may still be in fuel poverty, if they struggle to afford to heat their home sufficiently. The Committee therefore recommends the Government revise the official definition of fuel poverty to reflect this in the forthcoming Fuel Poverty Strategy.<\/p>\n

The Government’s proposed changes to the Decent Homes Standard are welcomed, with the report noting that the \u201ccurrent standard has been out-of-date for some time and is in urgent need of reform, given that it was last updated in 2006\u201d. To demonstrate to tenants and the public that progress is being made, the report recommends the Government put in place interim targets in homes upgrading to the revised Decent Homes Standard.<\/p>\n

The report also calls on the Government to introduce a review to update the Decent Homes Standard at least every 10 years to ensure it \u201creflects the changing needs of the population, environmental pressures, scientific evidence of the hazards to health from poor housing and societal expectations of what a decent home consists of\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Raising the standard of social homes in England is essential given the progress at bringing homes up to a minimum standard has almost ground to a halt, says the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee in a report published today. 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