{"id":170492,"date":"2026-02-04T00:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/enforcement-is-the-issue-on-the-decent-homes-standard-letters\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T00:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:29:29","slug":"enforcement-is-the-issue-on-the-decent-homes-standard-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/enforcement-is-the-issue-on-the-decent-homes-standard-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforcement is the issue on the decent homes standard | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDr Stephen Battersby fears that England could be doubling up on underresourced regulatory agenciesWhile the anger at the timeline for enforcing the decent homes standard (DHS) in England might be expected, it is also arguable that enforcing decent home standards is not as difficult as campaigners make out (\u2018Absurd\u2019: decent homes standard for England\u2019s private renters will not be enforced until 2035, 28 January).Local authorities already have powers and duties to deal with threats to health and safety in both the private rented sector and the social rented sector. The presence of a category 1 hazard would make the home non-decent and local authorities are already under a statutory duty to deal with these. Many of the factors in the revised DHS could give rise to category 2 hazards, which the authorities could also deal with. The issue is lack of enforcement by local authorities using the powers they\u00a0have already under the\u00a0Housing Act 2004. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Dr Stephen Battersby fears that England could be doubling up on underresourced regulatory agenciesWhile the...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-IlS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170423,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/decent-homes-standard-for-uk-private-renters-delayed-by-government-until-2035\/","url_meta":{"origin":170492,"position":0},"title":"Decent homes standard for UK private renters delayed by government until 2035","date":"January 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Campaigners pushing for 2030 deadline said deferral was \u2018denying renters the most basic standards in our homes\u2019UK politics live \u2013 latest updatesThe government\u2019s promise to make private rented homes fit for habitation will not be enforced for almost a decade, a decision campaigners describe as \u201cabsurd\u201d.The timeline means landlords\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100474,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/53-councils-have-not-prosecuted-a-single-landlord-in-three-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":170492,"position":1},"title":"53 councils have not prosecuted a single landlord in three years","date":"October 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Large parts of England and Wales with many \u2018non-decent\u2019 homes have had no convictionsMore than one in seven councils in England and Wales have failed to prosecute a single bad landlord over the past three years, despite some having very high numbers of homes classed as \u201cnon-decent\u201d, the Guardian\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135985,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/private-landlords-in-england-get-1-6bn-a-year-welfare-for-non-decent-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":170492,"position":2},"title":"Private landlords in England get \u00a31.6bn a year welfare for \u2018non-decent\u2019 homes","date":"April 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sadiq Khan describes figures from City Hall analysis as a \u2018scandal\u2019, with London the worst affected regionPrivate landlords in England are earning \u00a31.6bn a year in housing benefit in return for providing \u201cnon-decent\u201d homes, in what Sadiq Khan has described as a \u201cscandal\u201d.The capital is the worst affected region,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":97814,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/britains-housing-crisis-slow-progress-and-a-radical-quick-fix-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":170492,"position":3},"title":"Britain\u2019s housing crisis: slow progress and a radical quick fix | Letters","date":"September 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Radhika Bynon, Sheron Carter et al, Stephen Battersby, Joe Burlington, Austen Lynch and Rebecca Reynolds offer their solutionsThe University of York\u2019s analysis on\u00a0the state of the UK private rented sector was shocking, finding that one in three homes in England at the lowest rents are classed as non-decent, with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100482,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-slumland-britain-a-housing-market-failure-editorial\/","url_meta":{"origin":170492,"position":4},"title":"The Guardian view on slumland Britain: a housing market failure | Editorial","date":"October 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ministers need to come up with their own ideas to tackle the housing crisis rather than just pinching Labour ones they have previously mocked. 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