Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 36645

Social Rented Housing: Mould

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of (a) mould and (b) damp in the housing stock of housing associations.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The English Housing Survey sets out levels of overcrowding and the prevalence of damp and mould in people’s homes. Nationwide, 10% of private renters were found to be living with damp and mould, followed by 7% of local authority renters, and 4% of those i...
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