Delay to ‘Awaab’s law’ risks lives of social housing tenants in England, Shelter says | Social housing
Charitable shelter criticized the government due to exposing lives by delaying the law to make social owners England Fix dangerous risks quickly.
Angela Rainer, Minister of Housing, and Matthew Benikok, Minister of Housing, announced on Thursday that they were giving owners in the rented social sector until 2027 before they started fixing all the dangerous risks within the specified time frame.
The law, known as AWAB Law, was designed to prevent the repetition of the events of 2020, when Oman Ishk, who was two years old, was He was killed by mold In a social apartment in Rothsdale.
“We have a moral duty to ensure tragedies such as the death of Ishak’s cups that did not happen again. Real estate owners cannot be allowed to rent dangerous homes and put the lives of tenants at risk.
“Our new laws will force them to repair problems quickly, so that people are safe in their homes and can be proud to live in social housing.”
However, shelter said that the period of allowing real estate owners was very long.
“The legacy of Ethak’s will be that another family should not witness bad housing conditions that endanger the lives of their child. The government promised to bring AWAB law, forcing the owners to deal with serious risks in social homes Inside the clear time frames, last fall.
“However, four years after the death of AWAAB … it means today’s announcement that social housing tenants will have to wait for years for a longer period for this vital protection. These delays to implement a real threat to the health and safety of tenants, and endangered lives.”
The Labor Party promised to oppose the enactment of a law law after the conservatives originally suggested it, but it did not pass.
Rainer He said last year: “We will write down rotting homes by bringing a law of doors to the rented social sector … to end the scandal of people who live in unacceptable conditions.”
On Thursday, the government clarified the schedule of its implementation of the law. From October, Social owners in England will have 24 hours for emergency repairs, including moisture and mold.
Next year, they will have to make immediate reforms for a wider set of risks, and it is expected to include cold and heat, structural collapse, fire, electrical problems and hygiene risks.
The owners of real estate until 2027 will be before being forced to start repairing other risks immediately, including asbestos, exposure to the leadership, radiation and supply of contaminated water.
The officials said the time range “will allow the government to test and learn so that reforms from social tenants and secure the permanent legacy in which the Ishak family fought is strongly.”
The ministers also promised to extend the AWAAB law to the private sector, but they did not give a timetable to do so.
It also consults new criteria for energy efficiency for the private sector and legislation to demand social real estate owners to carry out electrical safety checks at least every five years.
