Decent home
A decent home is a home that meets all of the following four criteria:
- It meets the current statutory minimum standard for housing as set out in the Housing Health and Safety Rating System.
- It is in a reasonable state of repair (related to the age and condition of a range of building components including walls, roofs, windows, doors, chimneys, electrics and heating systems).
- It has reasonably modern facilities and services (related to the age, size and layout/location of the kitchen, bathroom and WC and any common areas for blocks of flats, and to noise insulation).
- It provides a reasonable degree of thermal comfort (related to insulation and heating efficiency).
The detailed definition for each of these criteria is included in A Decent Home: Definition and guidance for implementation, Department for Communities and Local Government, June 2006. Ref https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-decent-home-definition-and-guidance
Ref English Housing Survey, Profile and condition of the English housing stock, 2018-19, Published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government in August 2020.
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