Category: Government reviews

Part 2 of the government's review of the Decent Homes Standard refuses to incorporate the urgent task of decarbonisation and retro-fitting Britain's social housing stock. Read on below or download a PDF here: dhsreviewpart2Download In its 2020 Social Housing White Paper, published in November 2020, the government committed to “Review the Decent Homes Standard1 to … Continue reading Government side-steps decarbonisation and retro-fitting in their Decent Homes Standard review

(To read off-line you can download a PDF ) review-articleDownload A review of the Decent Homes Standard is currently taking place. The Standard is a minimum level below which 'social housing' is not supposed to fall. It was introduced in 2002 because of a huge backlog of maintenance on council homes. Government had starved council … Continue reading Review of Decent Homes Standard