You carry the responsibility for people’s homes, not just “units”. Every leak, every patch of mould, every complaint about cold or disrepair lands on your desk. You’re juggling residents, regulators, budgets and boards – often with the same schemes causing problems again and again.
This page is for you: the person in a housing association, ALMO or local authority who has to keep homes safe, decent and affordable while expectations keep rising.
Across England there are around 4.5 million social homes, owned and managed by housing associations and local authorities. Yet around 1 in 10 social rented homes still fail the Government’s Decent Homes Standard – nearly 430,000 properties.
Damp and mould are getting worse, not better: the latest English Housing Survey shows damp problems in 7% of social homes, the sharpest rise across all tenures since 2019. At the same time, providers spent £9 billion on repairs and maintenance in the 12 months to March 2025 – a 13% increase on the previous year.
You’re under pressure to:
Tackle damp and mould in social housing quickly and safely
Demonstrate Decent Homes Standard compliance
Prepare for Awaab’s Law and tougher expectations on building safety
Protect already stretched social housing repair and maintenance budgets
Reassure residents, boards and councillors that your stock is under control
Our social housing remediation service is designed to help you do exactly that.
You might describe us as a social landlord building consultant, but in practice you get a calm team that rolls its sleeves up and helps you solve problems that aren’t business-as-usual.
If you look after housing association asset management or local authority housing stock, you already know where your headaches are. We help you:
Unpack complex defects and failures in individual blocks or whole estates
Make sense of conflicting surveys and contractor opinions
Turn vague worries into clear, prioritised remediation plans
Everything we do starts with understanding your homes, your residents and your internal capacity – not just ticking a technical box.
You may be stuck in a cycle of “treat and retreat”. The same homes, the same complaints, the same compensation letters.
We help you:
Look at each property in the round – fabric, ventilation, heating, insulation and use
Identify root causes rather than simply wiping and repainting
Design buildable remediation that your contractors can deliver at scale
Show how your approach supports Awaab’s Law damp and mould timeframes and guidance
You gain confidence that you’re not just reacting, you’re fixing.
On paper, almost anything is possible. On a live estate – with residents in situ, limited access and tight budgets – you need solutions that actually work.
We help you:
Balance social housing building safety requirements with real-world constraints
Choose approaches that reduce call-backs and repeat spend
Phase works to fit your internal teams and contractor capacity
Communicate clearly with residents about what’s happening and why
You may be dealing with non-BAU social housing projects: problem blocks, legacy MMC or schemes where defects keep appearing. We help you see patterns across your portfolio, target your investment and evidence to the Regulator of Social Housing how you are managing risk.
You might be facing decades-old stock, political scrutiny and residents rightly demanding better conditions. We help you build a realistic plan for social housing remediation that aligns with your HRA, capital programme and local priorities – without losing sight of individual households.
If you manage supported housing, almshouses or other forms of UK social housing, you may have specialist needs and vulnerable residents. We work quietly in the background, making sure your homes and remedial plans reflect the higher duty of care you hold.
You don’t need more jargon. You need clear advice you can share with colleagues, members and residents.
We help you understand where your homes are falling short and what level of intervention is needed. You get clear, prioritised recommendations that support your response to inspections, consumer regulation and local scrutiny.
With new legal duties on responding to damp and mould coming in, you’re expected to move faster and record more. We help you design social housing remediation programmes that:
Focus on underlying causes
Fit within new response timeframes
Provide evidence of decisions and actions for regulators and ombudsman complaints
You probably already hold a lot of data – asset registers, complaints, repairs, stock condition. We help you pull it together so you can:
See where your biggest risks and costs really sit
Justify your social housing repair and maintenance spend
Report progress internally and externally in plain English
Your 5 Step Journey with Us
We keep things straightforward and transparent, so you always know where you are.
Let Remedy turn your ideas into a home that truly works for you. Get in touch today to start a smooth, guided design journey – from first sketch to final build – and bring your dream home to life.
See How We Can Help You
We offer a free initial consultation at your home to listen to you and discuss ‘The Art of the Possible’ and offer FREE early advice, so why not get in contact with us
