What Awaab’s Law means for retrofit
Legally binding timelines The legislative framework governing British housing is undergoing its most profound shift in a generation. For decades, the structural condition of residential properties was largely treated as a private matter between landlords and occupiers, with state intervention restricted to egregious health hazards. However, the tragic and preventable death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak in 2020, due to prolonged exposure to severe black mould, fundamentally altered the regulatory landscape. The subsequent enactment of Awaab's Law established strict, legally binding timelines for social housing providers to investigate and remedy damp and mould. Now, the government is moving to extend these identical,…