Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to help inform social housing providers (SHPs) and their surveyors and managers of the key issues that determine the need for, and arise from, planning and undertaking asbestos surveys of social housing. This paper discusses some of the practical problems and issues concerning asbestos and the management of social housing. The position of asbestos within the Decent Homes Standard and the forthcoming new fitness test for social housing, the Housing Health & Safety Rating System (HHSRS) introduced in the Housing Act of 2004, are discussed.
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