Unless the root cause of damp and mould is identified and treated…what we will see is just short term fixes.

Because that’s all that can be delivered at scale in the short delivery windows now mandated by #AwaabsLaw because without the budget or workforce in place it’s impossible to solve the problem of longterm neglect in our #socialhousing overnight.

I work for a large housing association that has dedicated surveyors and hands on tools team for this. They will be stretched…the others? Hmmm

Unless the root cause of damp and mould is identified and treated…what we will see is just short term fixes.

Because that’s all that can be delivered at scale in the short delivery windows now mandated by #AwaabsLaw because without the budget or workforce in place it’s impossible to solve the problem of longterm neglect in our #socialhousing overnight.

I work for a large housing association that has dedicated surveyors and hands on tools team for this. They will be stretched…the others? Hmmm

‘Damp and mould are the clearest signs of a system that isn’t working. For years, it’s been treated as an inconvenience. The instructions I’ve had from management have been: clean it, paint it, move on. No survey, no root cause, no urgency.’

#AwaabsLaw
#SocialHousing
#Mould

https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/awaabs-law-joe-carpenter-social-housing/