Delay to ‘Awaab’s law’ ‘puts lives of social housing tenants at risk’ Government criticised after it gives landlords until 2027 before they have to fix all dangerous hazards quickly.
Angela Rayner, the housing secretary, and Matthew Pennycook, her housing minister, announced on Thursday they were giving landlords in the social rented sector until 2027 before they have to start fixing all dangerous hazards within a set timeframe.
The law, known as Awaab’s law, is designed to prevent a repeat of the events of 2020, when two-year-old Awaab Ishak was killed by mould in a social housing flat in Rochdale.
The government promised to bring in Awaab’s law, forcing landlords to deal with serious hazards in social homes within clear timeframes, last autumn.
Campaigners have criticised the government for putting lives at risk by delaying a law to make social landlords fix dangerous hazards quickly.
