A month from today the consultation on extending Awaab's Law to private rented homes closes. The deadline is 11:59pm on 18 December 2026, and it was published on 9 October.
It would apply to private rented tenancies using powers in the Renters' Rights Act 2025, and it could also reach accommodation occupied under licence, including supported housing, temporary accommodation for homeless households and care leaver accommodation. There are at least 64 questions across three parts, and you don't have to answer all of them.
What the page doesn't set out is which hazards are covered or what the timescales are. Those are the things being asked, which is the reason a response matters. Nothing is decided yet.
As a landlord, I know how seriously damp and mould reports need to be taken. What changes under a rule like this is the clock: how fast a report has to be acted on. The people best placed to say what a workable clock looks like are those who do the repairs.
If you let, manage or fund rented property, pick the part that touches your property type. Part 3 covers impacts and costs, and real repair figures give it more to work with than a general opinion. A month is enough to do that properly.
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