Call for Evidence - Housing Conditions in England

Call for Evidence - Housing Conditions in England

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee have put put a Call for Evidence focusing on Housing Conditions in England.

The Government has set out plans to deliver a decade of renewal in the provision of social and affordable homes, including a “transformational” and “lasting change in the safety and quality of homes.” The inquiry will be looking at the prevalence of housing hazards, such as damp, mould and overcrowding, in social housing, the private rented sector and temporary accommodation. They will also be looking at the quality of new-build homes, in the context of the Government’s target to build 1.5m new homes in this Parliament.

The inquiry will scrutinise how effective the Government’s policies to improve housing conditions are likely to be and whether further reforms are needed. In particular, following the Government’s social and affordable housing announcement on Wednesday 2 July, they will assess whether the Government’s proposed reforms to the Decent Homes Standard, and the application of Awaab’s Law, will improve conditions in social housing and the private rented sector and whether these reforms will impact housing supply.

You can read the call for evidence here.

To contribute to the CIBSE response please email [email protected] by the 31st July 2025 with any comments. You can respond directly on their website. This call for evidence closes on the 15th August.