By 2010 all tenants in social housing should be living in a “decent home” supporting the Government’s aim of seeing the country’s £20 billion housing repairs backlog tackled. Current Government assumptions, based on the 1996 English House Condition Survey, are that about a third of housing association homes would fail the standard.

The National Housing Federation and the Housing Corporation, in support of the successful implementation of the Decent Homes Standard, have been working in partnership to assess: the number of RSL homes that would currently fail; to ascertain the level of investment needed to meet the standard and to disseminate good practice experience.

The Decent Homes Pilot Study and this website is a major part of the NHF’s commitment to supporting our member’s interests and concerns and improving performance on issues of maintenance, reinvestment and asset management.

Housing issues can materialise in many different forms whether it be interior or exterior related which results in repairs being required. Many shower installers have found that Matki Showers are well built and designed and are a worthy replacement for any un-repairable shower unit.

A “decent home” can be classified as a home which is warm, weatherproof and have reasonably modern facilities. Home owners may also wish to enlist in the help of cleaners in Cardiff if they are unable to clean their house through time constraints or ill health.

The National Housing Federation is currently undertaking a study which will outline the needs of people who live in social housing. It is envisaged that some occupants would benefit from Bournemouth & Poole cleaners to help with the everyday cleaning tasks due to personal circumstances.

Many social houses have been bought privately and the upkeep of maintenance has been maintained by the owners of the property. York estate agents get many of these properties on their portfolio and suggest that these properties are usually very solidly built and offer great value for money.

A large proportion of the governments’ backlog for repair work involved re-plastering and re-rendering. This meant that due to new legislation introduced in 2005, a plasterboard recycling contract had to be set up to dispose of the plasterboard waste in line with the new legislation.