The Manchester Evening News began campaigning for Awaab's Law, following the inquest into the two-year-old's death. Social landlord Rochdale Boroughwide Housing knew of the mould problem for ...

New report from the Housing Ombudsman shows complaints about substandard living conditions in social housing in England are ...

Social housing landlords are still failing to carry out emergency repairs, despite new legislation coming into force.

Even though the Pre-action Protocol for Housing Condition Claims (England) provides timelines in working days, the consultation for Awaab’s Law provided timelines in calendar days. This in itself ...

The death of Awaab Ishak put the state of damp and mould in social housing in the spotlight and a new law in his name is now forcing social landlords to fix properties more quickly. It might take tech ...

Awaab’s Law came into law as part of the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023 – but social landlords will now be required to take action from later this year. It will later be extended to the private ...

The deputy prime minister and housing secretary has confirmed when Awaab’s Law will come into force across the social housing sector. Angela Rayner has confirmed in a written statement today that “the ...

A petition calling for a new UK law to prevent any more children dying from damp and mouldy social housing has been launched. It comes following the tragic death of young Awaab Ishak, who died in ...

A law to force social ... issue with Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). In response, the then Conservative government pledged to introduce Awaab's Law to hold social landlords to account, with ...

Landlords will be forced to investigate and fix damp and mould in social housing ... swiftly implement Awaab's Law." Kate Henderson, chief executive of the National Housing Federation, which ...

With clear guidelines for landlords and tenants, Awaab’s Law aims to simplify addressing damp and mould and other Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) hazards, by mandating social landlords ...

A law named after a toddler from Rochdale which aims to protect social tenants from mouldy homes is set to be extended to privately rented housing. Two-year-old Awaab died In a mould-infested flat ...