More than half a million social homes in England fail to
meet basic health and safety standards, an analysis of official government data
has revealed. Just weeks after the Grenfell Tower fire raised serious questions
about the state of housing in the UK, new statistics show that 525,000 social
homes currently do not meet the national Decent Homes Standard – almost one in
seven of all social homes in England. Of these, 244,000 properties are deemed
to have a category one safety hazard – the highest category of risk — which
includes potentially fatal hazards such as exposed wiring, overloaded
electricity sockets, dangerous boilers, leaking roofs, vermin infestations or
inadequate security. Read more on the Independent website.
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