Question follow-through · 37561
Housing: Mould
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homes that are uninhabitable due to excessive mould and damp.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homes that are uninhabitable due to excessive mould and damp.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
The English Housing Survey (EHS) provides findings on housing quality and condition in England, including damp and mould. The EHS found that, in 2022-23, 4% of dwellings had a problem with damp. The EHS does not report on whether damp has made a property ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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