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<p>This Government is clear that all social landlords have a legal obligation to ensure
their homes are decent and fit to live in under the Decent Homes Standard which we
have committed to reviewing. We will also introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this
Parliament and we will legislate to introduce a legally binding Decent Homes Standard
for the first time. We have consulted on this proposal and are currently reviewing
the responses. This is a key plank of our ambitious mission to halve the number of
non-decent homes across all rented tenures by 2030, with the biggest improvements
in the lowest performing areas.</p><p>Our Social Housing Regulation Bill will bring
in a rigorous new regime where the Regulator of Social Housing will proactively inspect
landlords and will have the power to issue unlimited fines. It will be able to intervene
cases where tenants' lives are being put at risk and, in the very worst cases, it
will have the power to instruct that properties are brought under new management.</p><p>The
Secretary of State recently wrote to all local authority Chief Executives and council
leaders, and all providers of social housing, on ensuring quality in social housing.
The letters are available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fsecretary-of-state-calls-for-action-on-housing-conditions&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C31c807d71dfd445a0ced08dad9f507f2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638061943658264465%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YJCZQW3Zu0bYdhslu7Pz3mf2JREP%2F9LX07h6DVVbz3k%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p>
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