Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner will unveil a series of measures aimed at safeguarding renters from fire safety hazards, damp and mould, and enhancing housing standards in her speech at the Labour Party conference. The package is expected to include 'Awaab's Law,' legislation named after a toddler who died due to mould exposure in his rented home.
Angela Rayner will announce a series of measures to protect renters from fire safety defects, damp and mould, and drive up housing standards in her speech at Labour Party conference.
The package is expected to include a new law aimed at ensuring landlords respond to reports of hazards like damp and mould swiftly. Ms Rayner will speak of plans to accelerate efforts to fix unsafe cladding on high rise buildings across the UK, just weeks after the conclusion of the Grenfell Tower inquiry.
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