Rachel Salveta 24 May 2023

Birmingham scolded over housing

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Around 23,000 social homes owned by Birmingham City Council do not meet the Decent Homes Standard.

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) found almost 17,000 overdue asbestos surveys, around 15,500 late electrical safety inspections and more than 1,000 fire risk assessments that were overdue.

Director of consumer regulation at the RSH, Kate Dodsworth, said: ‘Birmingham City Council has failed thousands of tenants and needs to act now to put things right.

‘It is unacceptable that so many of its tenants are living in non-decent homes, and that thousands of health and safety surveys haven’t been completed.

'The council also needs to improve the way it handles its tenants’ complaints.’

Birmingham has been approached for comment.

This article was originally published by The MJ (£).

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