Social homes see highest jump in damp levels across all tenures, English Housing Survey finds

News03.02.251.05 PM by Grainne Cuffe

Damp problems were found in 7% of social homes in 2023-24, an increase of three percentage points since 2019 and the highest jump across all tenures, according to the latest English Housing Survey.

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